Let's see how to change Gmail password. And it is that Gmail It is one of the platforms email most popular in the world with millions of users using their communication tools day after day; but it is also one of the objectives of the hackers, people who try impersonate identities stealing email accounts from third parties. Therefore, it is recommended change our access password from time to time, in order to increase our security and prevent anyone from accessing our personal account without our permission. Next, how to change password Gmail.
How to change your Gmail password
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Previous considerations
The first thing we must be clear about is that Gmail is linked to our Google account, so if we change the password to access our email we will also change the password for our general Google account. On the other hand, we will detail how to change the Gmail password both through the official website of the service as well as the official mobile application iOS and Android.
How to change the password on the web
To change the Gmail password through the web, the first thing we must do is access your official website; once inside, we must click on the button Setting, represented by a gear wheel and located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Once we have pressed this icon, a pop-up menu will open; In this case you must click on the option Setting, placed in third place.
Already within Setting we must click on the tab Accounts and import, located in the top row of the screen; From this tab we must click on the option Change Password of the section Change account settings.
When you press this option, a window will appear. Google standard password change, where we must first enter our current password twice to identify ourselves.
Once we have identified ourselves, we can write the new password, again, twice and click on the blue button Change password.
How to change the password in the app
In addition to being able to change the password on the Gmail website, we can also do the same from the official application for iOS and Android mobiles.
To do this, we must first access the app and open side menu by sliding your finger on the screen from the left to the center or by pressing the icon with the three horizontal stripes located in the upper left corner of the screen.
Once inside, click on the entrance Settings, located almost at the end of the entire list; already within Settings, click on the name of your Gmail account to access the password change.
Already on the page Google account, first click on the entry Personal information and then about the option Password, located further down.
Once on the change password page we must identify ourselves by writing our current Google password; When we have identified ourselves we can write the new password twice and click on the blue button Change password.
