On the next screen, you will see the “Screen lock” option. To add or change your device’s screen lock, first open the Settings and tap open the “Security” option. You should always have some kind of screen lock just in case you lose your phone or it gets stolen. Let’s move on now to smartphone and tablets.Īndroid doesn’t really press you to add security to your device, which we think is a bad thing. It’s as simple as that to change your password on your computer(s). If you’re having a hard time thinking of a new password, then click the key icon next to the “New password” box for a handy password generator. Enter your old password and then the new one. If you want to use your iCloud password to log into and unlock your Mac, you can do so at the next dialog, however, for our purposes we’re just going to change the local password on our machine’s user account so we’ll click “Change Password…” when prompted. Now, you should see your account Password screen where you can click the “Change Password…” button. First open the System Preferences and then click on “Users & Groups”. Simply go to the Accounts section in the PC settings or Settings, respectively, click “Change” in the Password section, and follow the prompts.Ĭhanging your password on OS X is cinch and should only take a few seconds. If you use a local account on either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, the procedure will be almost entirely identical.
Once you enter your Microsoft account password, you’ll again be prompted to enter your old password and then you can change it to your new password. In the Accounts section, click on “Sign-in options” and then click “Change” under the “Password” heading.Īssuming you’re using a Microsoft account, you’ll immediately be prompted to enter your current password before you can proceed. In Windows 10, the PC settings are now simply called Settings, and the way to change your password is still located in the Accounts section. Up next is Windows 10, which isn’t entirely different from Windows 8.1. Once you enter your current password, you can then change it to something new. You will first need to enter your current password. On the Accounts screen, click the “Change” button under the Password heading. With the introduction of the Windows 8.x Start screen and the “Metro” style interface, the method of changing your password was moved entirely to PC settings. Let’s move on next to Windows 8.1, which has an entirely different way of going about things. You will first need to enter your current password and then you can change it to the new one. In your user account screen, click “Change your password”. To change you password, you’ll first need to open the Control Panel and click “User Accounts”. Wndows 7 is still the choice of a vast majority of Windows users and as such, needs to be addressed first. To change your password on Windows, you will need to go through the following steps.
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