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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?


Dave's Answer:

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:

facebook settings account settings menu

Click on 'Account Settings', as I show, and in the middle of a lot of other options, you'll see:

facebook settings account password

That's it! Now, click on "change" and you'll see this suddenly appear:

facebook settings account password change

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...

facebook settings account password changed

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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Comments

cool tutorial. thanks for share.

Posted by: Swadhin at September 10, 2009 9:46 PM

I 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 PM

i want to change my password on facebook mobile phone

Posted by: kelvin sheets at December 27, 2009 4:16 PM

For the THIRD time!!!
I need to know who to change my Facebook EMAIL ADDRESS.
Not my password -- my EMAIL ADDRESS.
I keep getting instructions how to change my password.
I don't want to change my password;
Iwant to change my EMAIL ADDRESS.
What part of EMAIL ADDRESS don't you understand???!!!

Posted by: Donald Meyer at March 5, 2010 9:30 AM

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 AM

I need to know who to change my Facebook EMAIL ADDRESS.... from oakwood@ttn.net to doh.twn@msa.hinet.net
Not my password -- my EMAIL ADDRESS.
I keep getting instructions how to change my password.
I don't want to change my password;
Iwant to change my EMAIL ADDRESS.

Posted by: Dale Holmgren at March 10, 2010 1:08 PM

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..............??????????

Posted by: sameer shrestha at June 15, 2010 12:16 PM

how can i change my email password for facebook

Posted by: nicholas ali at June 17, 2010 11:39 AM

I 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 PM

Ok 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 PM

wow...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 PM

I want to change my password now pls

Posted by: Nwaocha Dawson at November 22, 2010 8:03 AM

thank u for it

Posted by: shereen at December 31, 2010 5:20 AM

Please 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 AM

pls. help me

Posted by: jasmin g. mencias at August 19, 2011 10:09 PM

i wnt to chanege my password rite nw

Posted by: gina taguinod at November 8, 2011 2:31 AM

i want to change my password

Posted by: pinkie at January 26, 2012 6:26 AM

I have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
Starbucks coffee cup I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you for all your efforts on this Web site by buying you a cup of coffee!

I do have a comment, now that you mention it!











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