Keeping
your email account secured at all times is always desirable, and for that it is
always recommended that you set its password as much unique as possible, which
is no way related with anything in your life. Do remember here, that all of the
Google’s services such as YouTube, Picasa, Google Drive, Google Play or more
have one common login ID and password, and so if you change your email
account’s password, it will change in the same way for all other services as
well.
How to Change Password on your Mobile
Device
- Click on the link: accounts.google.com/EditPasswd
- Key in your existing password, new password and retype new password in the space allocated for the same. It is recommended that you select a very unique password, which is easy to memorize and also impossible for anyone to guess. Using a password made up of alphanumeric characters along with special characters is always a good way to go about that
- Click on Change Password
Changing password on your computer
- Sign into your Gmail account
- Click on Settings on the top right hand side of your inbox screen and select “Settings”
- Click on “Accounts and Import” tab at the top
- Click on Change Password button
- Now type your current password followed by your new unique password and confirm it
- Click on Change Password
Selecting a Unique Password
It
is always recommended that you have different unique passwords for all your
accounts, such as email or bank account. You really would not like on
compromise on the security of all your accounts by having the same password,
for anyone who gets to know about it will be easily able to crack into all your
personal information with no problem at all. Try setting your password as a
combination of alphanumeric characters, and could also include a few special
characters within it. You could also create a phrase and use one random letter
from each of the words in the phrase to create a tough password.
Additional
Tips for keeping your Gmail account secured
Use this list to prevent
unauthorized access and also learn about things to do when its security
is compromised.