It’s been almost two weeks since Microsoft released its Outlook.com email service to the public. A large number of Hotmail, Live and MSN users have moved to the new webmail service and are enjoying its clean interface and neat features.
We have already shown you how to send over 25 MB attachments in Outlook.com, how to rename your Hotmail, MSN and Live accounts to Outlook.com, and also how to switch back from Outlook.com to Hotmail or Live without losing old emails and contacts. Today, we are going to show you how to change your existing Outlook.com account password with a strong one.
A strong password is essential to keep your email account safe online. And to keep your password effective, you need to change it often especially if you use public computers or share your PC with others.
We recommend you create a password consisting of letters, numbers, punctuation, and special characters. Also, make sure that you aren’t using the password that you use to protect other accounts.
If your account password is less than eight characters and doesn’t include numbers and special characters, complete the below-mentioned instructions to change your existing password of Outlook account.
Changing your Outlook.com account password
Step 1: Visit Outlook.com and login with your credentials.
Step 2: Click on the Settings cog and then click More mail settings to open the Outlook options page.
Step 3: Here, under Managing your account section, click Account details (password, addresses, time zone). This will open the Account summary page where you can edit your name and edit personal info and also change your current password.
Step 4: Under Password and security info, click Change password.
Step 5: Type your current password, new password, reenter your new password and finally click Save button to set your new password. You are done!
You might also like to know how to reset or recover your forgotten Outlook.com account password.
zah says
Plz help to change my outlook password I cant do any thing with my phone
Trinity says
I don’t remember, and I forgot to write it down.
james says
Cant access my account on my mobile phone as it keeps saying wrong password and not allowing me to rest or renew a different password please help
Andrew says
As of July 2016, to do this you click on your profile picture on the upper right corner and there go to Account Setting. The change password link will be right there.
me says
Have been trying for almost a year to change my password. The directions given are not for the actual links that pop up . I am already logged in to my account and it wants me to log in again… SO stupid and useless. MAYBE G MAIL WILL BE BETTER!! NO HELP FROM ANY E MAILS I HAVE SENT IN TO TECH EITHER. USELESS. AM SICK OF BEING HACKED…..
Me says
I see only basic informaiton in that part.. :( and it’s incredibly slow email, siwtching totally to gmail..
Barbara says
Want to change password on outlook account on laptop I can’t put all of my password in only the letters can’t put the numbers in can you tell me what to do on my cell phone text me please.
thuli says
I have forgoten my password on my emial
Philip Marshall says
Look all I wanted is to change my email and keep the password that I already have. Just trying to change my email and not my password is very difficult. Accessing other sites is also very difficult because they say that both my email and password is incorrect.
mark rossman says
since I changed my password my outlook mailbox is useless would like to know why