Change LinkedIn password
Unlike most other social networks, designed around hobbies and interests, LinkedIn is more "serious", and your profile directly reflects on you. So, for this website more than any other, it is crucial to regularly change your password (especially if you check LinkedIn from hotels, airports, and other public places). You should also pay particular attention to making a hard-to-crack password (if you're worried about safer passwords, which are more difficult to remember, keep in mind that you can very reset them - the same tutorial linked from inside the tip below also explains how to add multiple email addresses to your LinkedIn profile - useful for password reset purposes, and to increase your chances of connecting with other, potentially influential LinkedIn members who might not have your latest / current email address).
Tip: this tutorial explains how to change your password once you are signed into your LinkedIn profile; if you forgot your password and cannot access your account, see instead our "Reset LinkedIn Password" tutorial.
How do I change my LinkedIn password?
Here's how to update your credentials in a few short steps:
- First, open your web browser and go to "
www.linkedin.com", and sign in to your account using your current password. - Move your mouse pointer (cursor) above your username in the top right corner of any screen (once you have logged in), and select "Settings" from the dropdown menu:
- LinkedIn will ask you to sign in again - simply a security measure designed to prevent others from changing information in your account if you walked away from your computer while still logged in, lost your cell phone or tablet, etc. Enter your current password once more, and click "Sign in".
- Scroll down to the very bottom of the next screen; select the "Account" tab, and click on the "Change password" as shown in the screenshot below:
- In the popup that opened, type your current password under "Old password". Then, type your new password twice (second time for confirmation). LinkedIn requires that your password be at least 6 characters long: longer passwords are typically harder to guess. To really protect your account from hackers or prying eyes, strengthen your password by including numbers anywhere in the password, plus punctuation marks and other symbols. The "password meter" tells you in real time how well you are doing - don't settle for anything less than "strong"!
- Click on the "Change password" button to proceed: if LinkedIn accepted your new password, you will see a green "You have successfully changed your password" confirmation message at the top of the page. You are done: just remember to start using your new password everywhere you access LinkedIn - if your web browser automatically enters your credentials, manually enter them next time to record the new password (that's one of the most common scenarios in which you get "wrong password" error messages - right after CapsLock left on!)
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