Your password is the key to your messages and iCloud Mail account (though two-step authentication can offer additional security for critical functions such as making purchases from your iCloud account or—changing the password). If somebody gets to know your password, they consequently get your mail and a chance to send from your account to boot.
So, it is important for iCloud Mail passwords to be secure. If you think yours may not be (because you think it is too short or too easy to guess, for example), updating it is, and we must be thankful for that, easy. Changing passwords periodically is a generally good practice to uphold security (though alone not enough).
Change your iCloud Mail Password
To change the password to your iCloud Mail account:
- Open My Apple ID.
- Select Manage your Apple ID.
- Type the email address for the iCloud Mail account over Apple ID under Sign in.
- Now type your iCloud Mail password over Password.
- Click Sign in.
- Go to the Password and Security category.
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- Click Change Password under Choose a new password.
- Enter your current iCloud Mail password under Old Password.
- Type your new iCloud Mail password under New Password.
- If you suspect your account may have been hacked already, do make sure you check all your computers and devices you use to access iCloud Mail for viruses, keyloggers, and other malware.
- Ideally, your new password will be near-impossible to both guess and forget.
- Now type the new password again under Confirm Password.
- Click Save.
Do not forget to update the passwords in email programs set up to access iCloud Mail.
