How do I change my Hotmail password in Windows Live Hotmail?

I know how to change my Hotmail password in the old version of Hotmail, but now that there's a new, fancier version, I'm kinda lost. Can you tell me how to change my hotmail password, uh, Windows live password, please?

Dave's Answer:

Most of the approach is the same as in the older Hotmail interface, actually, and, of course, it's quite possible that when you read this article you'll find that it's changed again: look for an update at the end of this article with the latest instructions on how to change your MSN Hotmail password. :-)

You need to log in to start.

Make sure that you start by typing in hotmail.com to your browser, rather than clicking on any sort of link in a mail message or on another Web site, even this one!

Now, on the right corner you'll see "Options". Click on it:

Microsoft MSN Windows Live Hotmail: Options Menu

The choice you want is at the very bottom, More options.... Chose that and you'll see a familiar set of choices in your window:

Microsoft MSN Windows Live Hotmail: Manage Your Account

You want the first one, and don't be surprised if it promptly asks you for your password again:

Microsoft MSN Windows Live Hotmail: Retype Your Password

Now you'll be on "account.live.com" (check the URL in your browser) and you'll have something like this:

Microsoft MSN Windows Live Hotmail: Account Info

You can see the blue "Change" immediately adjacent to my password. That's what you want to click!

Microsoft MSN Windows Live Hotmail: Change / Reset New Hotmail Password

Enter your current password and your new password - twice - then click "Save" and you'll have reset your password and will have to log in again.

That should help you reset your password, something you should be doing every few months anyway, just for good luck!

Note: this article has been updated: how to change your MSN Hotmail password

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Tagged: hotmail password, msn hotmail, windows live
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Reader Comments To Date: 176

shelter task said, on May 5, 2009 4:53 AM:

I JUST CHANGE MY PASSWORD VERY QUICKLY

pramit said, on May 18, 2009 3:11 AM:

my other email address i am trying to start the account password is not accepted i tried forgot my password option but in that my personal question is different how should i get my password back to retrive my account of hotmail

Jenna said, on May 24, 2009 8:26 AM:

I have been trying to get into my hotmail account
but it tells me I have the wrong password (I know
I have the right one) and won't let me in----I don't remember my secret answer. They offer to send me reset info but the email they provided me with is the one I am trying to access and can't-----how can I get in to access my emails????

anwar said, on June 4, 2009 5:01 PM:

how do i change my password from avatar to another password

anwar said, on June 4, 2009 5:05 PM:

which do i pick

pey said, on June 21, 2009 4:09 AM:

hi, i have cannot loggin into my email adress: peyman_zebari@hotmail.com

i really dont know why, i have not forgot the password, because i login into this email everyday..

dont know if someone has hacked into it?...please help me, please...

aliza princess said, on August 6, 2009 9:19 AM:

oohhhhhhh! magic

anjali said, on September 2, 2009 12:51 PM:

when you want to reset your password how do you check your email box for the message if you cant sign in without a password

azad said, on September 16, 2009 11:59 AM:

i want to change my password

me said, on October 12, 2009 11:45 AM:

Thank you soooooooooooooo much you are a lifesaver! :)

sharon said, on November 25, 2009 10:47 PM:

yeh...i can change my password le...

Franicne Casey said, on December 2, 2009 5:47 PM:

I'm like most of these people I was off line for 7 months and I forgot my password and secret question. Can you help?

saleem said, on December 8, 2009 8:35 AM:

Hi
I need a help from any body
I forgot my password as well as my security answer
and more over i did not specify any alternative id
i really dont know what to do
but i need the password back
plz i need help

the lost password is for this email
saleem_i_kalusa@hotmail.com
plz sen me the new password to takia_11@hotmail.com
i really need it
plz help me

Greg said, on January 4, 2010 1:38 PM:

I am getting the Error Code 80048831 which means my password has expired, it takes me to the page where they want you to change your password, but when I put in the new information the page just reloads and never resets my password. Anyone dealing with this? Thanks.

nicholas nabirali said, on March 9, 2010 10:04 AM:

i need to change my password because to many people has it

KrI$TiJ@N-ThE-dEMoN said, on April 1, 2010 12:35 PM:

HI all how to remova and change my password in windows live messenger 2009 pleasy help :)

Muhammad Ilyas said, on April 17, 2010 1:57 AM:

hi,
i need to change my password, plz help me.

thanks

Matt said, on April 18, 2010 1:31 PM:

i have answered the security question on my reset password page and it is sayin wrong information when i kno for certain it is correct, i do not kno why it is not allowin me sign in in the first place

DILEEP KUMAR said, on April 26, 2010 2:35 PM:

to change the passward

Srinivas said, on May 11, 2010 1:25 AM:

I too was having problem in changing the password. I do not understand why MS did hide the option for changing password so deep. This information was very useful for me. Thanks a lot.

Saman said, on June 7, 2010 10:08 PM:

i did not get that how i can change my password on hotmail. i need a lot of help.

Uknown Fan said, on July 21, 2010 4:41 AM:

thank you for your help.
ive been on other sites and they didnt answer the question and were also very rude in the comments they made on the other peoples comments.
so thank you again, ill definatly recommend your site :)

Betty said, on July 26, 2010 10:49 AM:

I have two hotmail accounts one is a new version and one is the old. How do I update the old account to the new version?
Thanks,
Betty

John said, on July 28, 2010 9:29 PM:

This is all I see under "Password reset information":

/*
Adding all of the information helps make your account more secure.
Question: Mother's birthplace Change
Alternate e-mail address: Not specified Add
*/

It seems I can change my question and secret answer, but I don't see anywhere to change the password. Am I missing something?

In the help section on my email it gave me the same instructions you gave but no luck. I'd really appreciate any feedback.

Thanks,
John

John said, on July 28, 2010 9:44 PM:

Ok i figured it out. I guess it must have changed, hotmail seems to have "upgraded" (haha) recently. Rather than clicking "View and edit your personal information" I needed to click on "Windows Live" on the left under "Show Options For". There I was able to change my password. Hope this is helpful :)

John

ab said, on August 1, 2010 3:42 AM:

thank u soo much!!! =D

Aseel said, on August 25, 2010 11:34 AM:

I FORGET MY HOTMAILPASSWORD AND ALSO SECRET QUESTIONS SO I HOW I CAN OPEN MY HOTMAIL ACOUNt

and i dont even know my alterative e-mail can someone please help me its my college e-mail and they said they cant help Only msn could what can i do can someone please help meeeee

Julie-Anne said, on September 4, 2010 3:40 PM:

I can remember my personal information or my password. send answer to jrbarrow@caribsurf.com

vivian said, on September 10, 2010 4:47 PM:

please how i can i get my password back from hotmail.com,pls help me cos i have so many important mails.thank you.

mushtaq ahmad said, on September 11, 2010 2:13 AM:

to chang new password

tazhan said, on September 17, 2010 1:26 AM:

i want chaeng my pasword in thehotmail

besa said, on September 19, 2010 12:02 AM:

Find my password pz!!!

Kayauna said, on September 19, 2010 10:39 AM:

someone hacked onto my page and i cant find my password and forgot some of my information like my password to my yahoo alternative email adress and my security question and i still cant get into and when i try they dont give the help..................can you please help me find my password....

ajay kumar said, on September 20, 2010 10:49 PM:

place hotmail password change

Anthony said, on September 24, 2010 5:48 PM:

i do not have option e-mail for my reset password to check. how can i get my reset password to open my hotmail account

nuredin said, on September 27, 2010 7:17 AM:

my adress blocked pasword

munazza said, on October 3, 2010 7:25 AM:

i forget my recent live password plzz tell me how can i change my password?plz help me

gwen said, on October 4, 2010 5:13 AM:

I have forgotten my password, thus I requested an email reset via my second email accounts. The email of resetting password for my first account had been sent to my second email accounts, I followed the instruction by entering the referred link, reset my password. However, the new password still couldn't work for my first email accounts after several attempts.

What happen, can somebody help me on this?

charmaine said, on October 5, 2010 12:02 AM:

why dont I recieve a notification mail when I change my password?

alan waite said, on November 4, 2010 3:01 AM:

there doesn`t seem to be obvious links to us silver surfers for quickly changing email password

dalia said, on November 7, 2010 4:44 PM:

Hi , i forget my password , and all my information , plz. i need you help , thanks for you help

judith said, on November 11, 2010 11:52 PM:

I forgot my password and I have tried to many times. How do i get back into my e-mail?

leonard mayo said, on December 16, 2010 5:57 PM:

I'm trying to change and password still trying to change my E mail addresswith no help someone has hacked into my address and I want to change everything my login also will you help me?
Thank you in advance
Len mayo

Nady Ebeed Hanna said, on January 13, 2011 2:39 PM:

I cannot long on to my account as I haven't used my e-mail for a long time. Please help me to retrieve it.
sincerely Nady

safsta said, on January 16, 2011 2:37 AM:

thx u alot i was gettin worryed that someone was usin my account but u hav fixed it.i used lotz of websites they were all rubbish but this one was full of descripsion thx u

jeannette said, on January 18, 2011 10:00 PM:

could u please help my husband get his password for his hotmail.com account he forgot it and have tried and tryed and nothin so he tryed to reset for new password and cant remember the surcuity question. i think he is have brain dead lol thanks for ur help

henxZ said, on January 21, 2011 10:06 PM:

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nassim saba said, on February 8, 2011 11:53 AM:

plz i need help i change my password 3 montrh ago i try to open my email i can remember my password old one i have this mail about 11 years ago now i lost all my freind thank for help me

Miranda said, on February 23, 2011 8:46 AM:

I suspect that someone is using my account or rather password. Can you please reset it for me please. I need a new one.

James55 said, on April 10, 2011 8:59 PM:

Thanks for a detailed answer, I've had a hotmail account for sometime now, the navigational menu is pretty self explanatory, but you have a more detailed answer to changing my password!

boat parts said, on April 30, 2011 1:00 AM:

hey, can anyone tell me how can i retrieve my hotmail password hacked by someone. It is very important for me to take back my account.Please guide me what should i do?

Greg Whitehead said, on May 4, 2011 2:20 AM:

Hi everyone,I am having problem to forwarded my emails in some specific folders but it's not working i have emailed to hotmail help support but they didn't response. Please tell me the solution.

william maniotis said, on May 27, 2011 7:14 PM:

you people really suck. I want to change my password and you have been running me in circles
foreternity. again you people really suck.

Fahmid said, on June 15, 2011 9:16 PM:

thanks a lot.

Vikki said, on June 21, 2011 2:11 PM:

Okay well thanks for the how to do pictures and things, but i changed my password and can't remember it, yet i can access all my emails as my account is apparently online in the hotmail section. how do i change my password just using the email section without having to type in my password?

Ramesh said, on July 3, 2011 12:57 AM:

I Dont Remember My hotmail Account password

faten said, on July 5, 2011 10:55 AM:

i dont remmember my pass word plzzz

valerie said, on July 12, 2011 11:18 PM:

thanks now i know to changh my pass word

steve said, on July 30, 2011 9:43 AM:

im totaly lost... i cant find anything your saying and i really need to change my pss word as my account is sending out large amounts of spam

Rob said, on August 9, 2011 7:09 AM:

Hotmail is FIRED!

...I mean, thank you VERY much, Dave, for helping me change the password on my Hotmail account that's hemmorhaging spam because some scumbags want to sell erections.

Now: Hotmail is FIRED! MS, get a clue and make this make sense for normal human beings. As soon as I make the time, I'm extracting every address over to my gmail account and destroying this one.

It's astounding that, with today's unprecedented technologies and human interfaces, this should be so difficult for so many. Your company has gotten so smart it's stupid.

annie said, on September 4, 2011 4:37 PM:

i need to get on my face book i cant get in my face book some one haqs remove my pass word

Cabdulqaadir said, on September 6, 2011 7:12 AM:

I have been hotmaile emaile and i make anather emaile at same acount and was live.com after that i forgeted my hotmaile pasword so that i want to change it new i need helping.by

sanjay karkhanis said, on October 7, 2011 4:56 AM:

Iforgot my password,so I have to change my password please help me

moon said, on December 23, 2011 10:31 PM:

salm to all, i hope all will be fine here. please tell me easy way, i am under trouble. therefore, we are suffering huge amount on daily basis becoz of lost my pasword. please again tell me the easiest way to acheive my lost paswrd.
i shall be very indebted to you.
yours friend,
moon

kate said, on April 7, 2012 4:39 AM:

hii..i want to help me because my password at hotmaill didn't sing on..please help..
if u can

harry said, on June 4, 2012 12:00 AM:

Is there any way to find out what my previous password was before I reset it on hotmail- I have already reset the password just need the old one as well?? Thank you

partap said, on November 5, 2012 11:06 PM:

I have forget my password

Sandra Walker said, on December 6, 2012 6:30 AM:

Please can you help me. Hackers got into my Hotmail account, blocked me out by changing my password and have asked everyone on my list for money, saying I am in desparate need. One friend replied back and they still asked her for money in my name. What can I do, please help me I am so worried in case anyone sends them money.

badrulalam said, on December 12, 2012 10:21 AM:

hi, i forget my pessword/how can i get this

Abdullah farahti said, on December 14, 2012 3:38 AM:

Show mi my. Hotmail passworad. I dont remember

Anu sinha said, on December 22, 2012 4:58 AM:

Pl send me my password option ,I lost my password,facing lots of prob,since long,given all the information in past asked by Microsoft,still not getting help,now do something

Napoleon said, on January 4, 2013 3:38 PM:

Thanx for the timely information... Just what I needed.

parvez said, on January 19, 2013 12:09 AM:

dear sir,

i would like to be awere you i have problem with my hotmail sign in i have my correct ID parevez_mohd@hotmail.come and the correct password but when i want to try to sign in to my hotmail ID unfotunetly i cant sign in i think some other pesron use it if help me i will really appricate of you waiting for your soon response me
thanks.

nazrije said, on February 11, 2013 4:39 AM:

hi i am interested how i can resset my email password i losed it becfore two years and now i am trying to reset it but it is imposible,please if you can help me anyway,this is emailadres nazrijesharku204@hotmail.com please i will apreasiate you if you help me becouse i have emails on that adres and email adreses what i ned them.i wish you good day.

Ibrahim said, on February 17, 2013 3:52 AM:

I need change my password thx

aadan cabdulle maxamed said, on March 13, 2013 3:56 AM:

i want to link hotmail to change my passwor

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

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