Change Flickr password
As you may already know, the Flickr photo sharing website has been purchased a few years ago by Yahoo. One of the changes that occurred is that you now can (and must) use your Yahoo email address and password to login to that website. Just like your YouTube credentials are now linked with a Gmail account since Google acquired the video sharing website a while back. In this tutorial, we will show you how to change your Flickr password - which as implied, will affect the way you sign in to Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, and other services that require authentication by Yahoo.
How do I change my Flickr password?
First, open a web browser, and type "www.flickr.com" inside the address bar.
- Once the Flickr homepage has loaded, you will either see a "Sign in" link in the top right corner of the page, or you'll see a "Signed in as [Flickr user name]" notice instead. If you are not yet logged into your Flickr account, do so.
- Now click on the your Flickr user name next to "Signed in as..." to access your account profile:
- Flickr will now redirect you to a "Your Account" page, which contains a few tab: the "Personal Information" tab should be selected by default (if not click on it).
- Scroll down to the bottom of that screen, and you will find a section labeled "Your Yahoo! Account" - click on the "Edit your Yahoo! password" link as shown below:
- As you guessed by now, you change your Flickr password by going through your Yahoo account profile. The next screen that loads next is the same you use to change Yahoo password or change Yahoo Mail password ("all-new"), so you may already be familiar with it!
- For security reasons and your protection, you will first need to "Enter your Current Password" - and this is the password you use for Flickr and other Yahoo properties. Then, enter your new password twice (the second time for verification).
- Once you are done, click on the "Save" button to change your Flickr password (or click on "Cancel" to keep your current credentials).
You have successfully changed your Flickr password! Note that the change takes effect right away, so you'll need to start using it not only for Flickr, for any other Yahoo-owned websites, like Yahoo.com or the free Yahoo Mail webmail service. If you have configured your web browser to automatically sign in to some of these websites, you will receive an "incorrect password" error message - this is normal, since your browser is trying to login to the service with your old password. Just re-enter your credentials, this time using the new password (and keep the old email address as-is, that has not changed!)
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