How to Change Your Gmail Password

The best passwords are long, memorable, complicated — and they change every once in a while.

To fend off potential potential break-in to your Gmail account, it is good practice to change your password every two months or so, but of course you should protect your emails with a new password immediately when you suspect somebody might be reading all the Gmail you get (and possibly even send some from your account).

Change Your Gmail Password

To change your Gmail password:

• ›› Step by Step Screenshot Walkthrough

• Select Settings from the top Gmail navigation bar.
• Go to the Accounts category.
• Follow the Google Account settings link under Google Account settings:.
• Under Personal Info, click Change password.
• Type your current password under Current password:.
  • Alternatively, answer your Google account's secret question.
• Enter the new password twice, under New password: and Confirm new password:.
  • Make sure you pick a password that is both secure and easy to remember. Changing it frequently — just like you are doing now; congratulations! — helps protecting your Gmail account, too.
• Click Save.

Change Your Gmail Password (Older Gmail Version)

To alter your Gmail password in Gmail's "older" version:

• Select Settings from the top Gmail navigation bar.
• Follow the Account Settings » link.
• Under Personal Info, click Change password.
• Type your current password under Current password:.
  • Alternatively, answer your Google account's secret question.
• Enter the new password twice, under both New password: and Confirm new password:.
• Click Save.