Changing your main password

The Password Maintenance Menu allows you to change the password that you use to access your cPanel interface. Your password should be hard to guess, and changed often.

To access the Password Maintenance Menu, click on the icon above the words Change Password on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

Steps - Watch the movie

1 To access the Password Maintenance Menu, click on the icon above the words Change Password on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2 Enter your current cPanel password in the blank field next to Old Password.

3 Enter your new cPanel password in the other two blank fields, and click on Change your password now!

NOTE: If the password was changed successfully, the following will appear :

Attempting Frontpage Password change

Found service.pwd!

Changed Frontpage Password

Your password has been changed!

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