Don't wait for the next story of an email password data breach to hit the headlines. Change your email password now to ensure only you can access your personal communications.
Gmail
- Head to myaccount.google.com
- Under Sign-in & security choose ‘Signing into Google’
- Under Password & sign-in method click on Password
- Log into your Google account
- Enter a new password (at least eight characters), then re-enter it and click Change password
Hotmail & Outlook
- Log into your Hotmail account at outlook.com
- Click on your name at the top right of the screen
- Choose View Profile
- Click Change password next to your email address
- Microsoft will verify it is you requesting to change your password: enter your email address and click Send code
- Check your inbox for a code, then enter it in the browser and click Submit
- Now enter your current password and new password (at least eight characters and case-sensitive), then re-enter the password
- Click Save
Yahoo Mail
- Log into your Yahoo Mail account at login.yahoo.com
- Click on your name at the top right of the screen
- Choose Account info
- Select the Account security tab
- Click on Change password
- Enter a new password, re-enter it to confirm, then click Continue
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