Microsoft Outlook: How to change your password
Microsoft Outlook is an email app used by businesses and people around the globe. It’s included in Microsoft 365,Google Workplace’s main competitor. Like most email services, Outlook is password-protected. While Microsoft doesn’t make it mandatory to change your account password periodically, consider updating it at regular intervals for security purposes. you may access your Microsoft account on Windows, Mac, ortop Chromebookand change the Outlook email password.
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Data theft has become the norm these days. To secure your information, periodically change your email, social media, and online banking passwords. Top password managers like 1Password have features like Watchtower to alert you if your passwords were found in a database of breached passwords. The function also warns you when using reused or weak passwords.
You expose yourself to potential data theft when you use an easily guessable password like your parent’s name, birthday, or spouse’s name. While living apaper-free lifemay sound convenient, don’t write your passwords on a sticky note or store them in your office computer. Anyone with access to your laptop can view the Outlook login credentials and mess up your account. Change your Outlook password when you run into the following instances:
Change your Outlook password using a desktop browser
You can use Microsoft Outlook on the web to change the Outlook password. Let’s check it in action.
Explore Microsoft’s advanced security options to protect your account from unauthorized access.
You can also explore passwordless login and remove the hassle of dealing with long passwords on your Microsoft account. CheckMicrosoft’s dedicated guideto learn more about passwordless login.
If you use Yahoo, Gmail, or iCloud email in Outlook and want to change your password for those services, go to their respective websites to upgrade your account credentials.
Authorize your Outlook account on your desktop
When you open the Outlook app on a desktop or mobile device, it asks you to update your login details to receive or send emails. If the app doesn’t ask for new account details, manually remove the current Outlook account and add it again with the updated login info.
Keep your Outlook account secure
It’s best to use a combination of special characters, numbers, and letters in your new Outlook password. you could also generate and save complex passwords in thetop password managers on your Android phone.
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