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How do I change my Facebook password?It's not that I'm paranoid, but I am worried that my roommate might have figured out my Facebook password and I want to change it ASAP. How do I change my Facebook password? No reason to feel paranoid. In fact, it's a good practice to change your passwords with regularity and, heck, I know that if I'm getting lazy I can end up with the same password for all of my dozens of different accounts, which is about as bad as security can be because if one is compromised, then they all are. Not good. Of course, you know not to write passwords down, right? A good reason to come up with a strategy for creating passwords that are both secure, unguessable, and easily remembered. A standard trick is to think of a sentence and then use the first letter of each word in the sentence, like "my girlfriend is hot hot hot!", which becomes "mgihhh!" Not a great password (needs at least a digit or two) but it's a lot better than "maria"! Another strategy you can use is to replace vowels with digits, so the above might have the 'i' replaced with a '1', becoming "mg1hhh!". Better. Now, make the first letter capitalized and you've got a pretty decent password that's easy for you to remember, but just about impossible to guess: Mg1hhh! (or, even better: Mg1h3!. Get it?) Okay, so now that you have a great new password in mind, how do you actually change it on Facebook? Look on the top right and you'll see:  Click on 'Account Settings', as I show, and in the middle of a lot of other options, you'll see:  That's it! Now, click on "change" and you'll see this suddenly appear:  Enter your old password (to ensure someone else doesn't change your password while you're going to the bathroom or otherwise distracted!) and your new, super-secure password, twice. Click on "Change Password" and...  Score! Done! Now, about that roommate situation... I'd also like to let you know that I have quite a bit of Facebook help here on the site and that I also have an Ask Dave Taylor Facebook Fan Page that I invite you to join.
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(Article 9076,
Written by Dave Taylor)
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cool tutorial. thanks for share. Posted by: Swadhin at September 10, 2009 9:46 PMI want to change my Facebook password only and do not have access to my e-mail Posted by: Tammy Bailey at October 10, 2009 9:44 PMi want to change my password on facebook mobile phone Posted by: kelvin sheets at December 27, 2009 4:16 PMFor the THIRD time!!! Easy does it, Donald. We're not Facebook nor can we alter or change your account. Take a deep breath, then let's see if we can figure out how to fix things... Now, try this: http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=748#!/help/?faq=13614 Posted by: Dave Taylor at March 5, 2010 10:39 AMI need to know who to change my Facebook EMAIL ADDRESS.... from oakwood@ttn.net to doh.twn@msa.hinet.net i would like to know if theres a way to change my personal info on facebook mobile and if theres instant messaging on facebook mobile? Posted by: ashley at March 23, 2010 9:16 PM my facebook id is not open but no menten option why like that..............?????????? how can i change my email password for facebook Posted by: nicholas ali at June 17, 2010 11:39 AMI followed the directions to change my password for my facebook page, but it didn't work. I was able to use my password to access the page, but when I hit change password after I used the password and input the new one twice, it said the password I used to get on was incorrect. What do I do now? Posted by: Deborah Tarver at July 27, 2010 2:05 PMOk how can someone get on my profile and change my password?? now i can't even log in my facebook because it is saying you have changed it when i have not and it is saying that the password i am useing is an old one. Posted by: Destiny at September 14, 2010 9:48 PMwow...i like this change my password facebook..iwant to change my paword facebook but not..my facebook password not open..many friend want to chat me.... want to open my facebook!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: norfarah ain rosli at November 12, 2010 9:03 PMI want to change my password now pls Posted by: Nwaocha Dawson at November 22, 2010 8:03 AMthank u for it Posted by: shereen at December 31, 2010 5:20 AMPlease advise me who to change my password on email mentioned above. Pleas me as soon as possible. I am very thankfull to you in this regard. Posted by: Ch Abdul Latif Gujjar Rwp Pak at July 7, 2011 6:56 AMpls. help me Posted by: jasmin g. mencias at August 19, 2011 10:09 PMi wnt to chanege my password rite nw i want to change my password Posted by: pinkie at January 26, 2012 6:26 AMI have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
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