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B How to change your email password on your iPad 1) This tutorial will show you how to change your email password on your iPad. First, locate and press the "Settings" icon. It may be on a different screen or in a different location than shown here. 2) Then select "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"... and then the email account for which
you want to update the password 3) Then select the email account here. 4) This is where you can update your email password. You should only have to do this if your email password has changed. Enter your new password, and press
"Done" hen finished. 5) Press "Done" again. 6) That's it! The email password has been updated in the iPad. 7)
Let's return to the home screen by pressing the Home button on the iPad. You now know how to change your email password in your iPad. You are here: Home / iPhone / Can’t Update or Change Email Password on iPhone or iPad? Having problems when trying to update or change email password on iPhone, iPad, or iPod? If you recently updated and changed your email account’s password and then tried updating your iPhone’s Mail App or Account Settings, you likely discovered that there is no easy way to update these account passwords. There is no password entry field on your iPhone’s or iPad’s email account’s information settings! Contents
See the video on changing passwords, or read the text belowAnd it seems entirely counter-intuitive–it feels like it SHOULD be there. But instead, there’s just fields for your Name, Email, and even a Description BUT NO PASSWORD. So what gives? How do you really update or change email password on iPhone or other iDevices? In this post, we outline several steps you can take to get all your email accounts back to work! Quick TipsTry These Tips to Update or Change Email Password on iPhone Quickly
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Why Isn’t There an Option to Change My Email Password on My iPhone or iPad?Well, Apple apparently has a reason! Sometimes, we do not see a change or update password field in Settings > Passwords & Accounts (Accounts & Passwords or Mail > Accounts for older iOS) because Apple assumes that we manage our passwords through the account provider’s website or app (if applicable) rather than through our iOS’s device settings. Sound confusing?Well, it kinds is! Apple doesn’t show us our accounts passwords because once set-up with our email account information, our iPhone and iDevices smoothly communicate with our email provider’s servers. Information transmits back and forth, usually without disruption or the need to continually enter in our password to retrieve all our emails, calendar information, contacts, notes, or anything else you sync between your iDevice and your email account. Try a Restart or Forced Restart!Some of our readers found that by merely restarting their iPhones and iPads, their accounts worked normally and they didn’t need to go through any additional troubleshooting. So it’s worth a try! To restart your iDevice, press and hold the power button until the shutdown slider appears. Swipe it to turn off the device, wait 20-30 seconds, and then press the power button to turn the device back on. For iPhone X users, it’s a bit more complicated! Restart your iPhone X Series or iPad with No Home Button
For folks using iOS 11 or later, you have one additional option to restart. Turn off your iOS 11 + devices by going to Settings > General> Shut Down. It’s nice to have options! If a regular restart didn’t do the trick, a forced restart just might. So again, why not try?Apple recommends using a forced restart (also called forced reboot) only if your device is frozen, isn’t responding when you touch it, or is stuck on the Apple Logo, passcode entry, or Home Screen when you turn it on. Outside of those situations, when things aren’t working, a forced restart is usually the first guidance we get from Apple Support. So here’s how we do it! Perform a Forced RestartSo Then How Do You Change an Email Account Password?First of all, if you merely want to update your password using your device, you quickly notice that you can’t! Instead, you need to visit your account via a browser on your phone to change your password. It just won’t let you do it from the email account settings on your iPhone. There’s no workaround here–change your passwords using the website. Let’s state that again: it is not possible to directly change your email account passwords directly via your Mail App, Passwords & Accounts, or Accounts & Passwords Settings. You must use the appropriate email website–you can do this from your phone, tablet, or PC using Safari, Chrome, or any browser. Problems Surface When You Change Your Email or Account PasswordWhen you change your password via the email account’s website, your iPhone is unable to verify your account and cannot communicate with your email server. So when you try and look at your Mai App’s Inbox, it cannot update with that old password. Unfortunately, it’s often difficult to know that’s the case. That’s because the communication error is a tiny banner sitting at the bottom of your screen–and it does not announce itself! Here’s What To Do After You Change Your Email PasswordTo find that error banner, open your Mail App Inbox and look past all the older emails to the very bottom, just above the Home Button or your Gesture Bar–here you should see a message that there’s an Account Error with the specific email address and a blue Details button. Tap that. Now, you should get a big on-screen message asking you to enter the password for that particular email account in Settings. If you see that on-screen message, press the Settings option and look for the field Re-enter Password. Tap it and enter your new password. It takes a few moments to verify but once done, your email account reconnects, and everything should work normally, as it did with the previous password. For some reason, quite a few folks report that they never get an error banner or see an on-screen prompt to enter the password. If that’s you, there are options! Delete Your Account via Settings
Getting the Message that the Account is Already Added?If you see an on-screen message that the email account has already been added to your iPhone, even if you just deleted it, try these steps again. And make sure you close the Mail and the Settings Apps in steps 1 and 5. If that doesn’t help, add in a forced restart after step 4 (Deleting Account.) Need Another Option?If you know your Hostname information, there may be a field to enter your SMTP information directly. Some email accounts have these fields; others do not. Frankly, this method has not worked for us, but a few readers report it worked for them, especially with company accounts. Add Mail Account in Manually1. Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts (for older iOS Accounts & Passwords or Mail Settings) 5. Enter your user ID and password 6. Enter the following details for the server manually–find these details via your email provider or with Apple’s Mail Settings Lookup Tool 8. Once confirmed, choose what services you want to sync with your device–Mail and Notes or others 9. Open the Mail app and see if your mail is now available (you may need to wait for all your email to download to your device) Check for SMTP Manual Entry
For more information on manual Mail Settings, take a look at Apple’s support document outlining all the Mail Account Settings you may need from your email provider. This document includes information for both Incoming and Outgoing mail server settings (SMTP). Need to Verify Your iOS Mail App Email Settings?Use Apple’s Mail settings lookup tool! It’s a quick way to ensure you entered the correct information for your email provider. Just enter your email address and let Apple do the work for you. Wrapping it Up!If you think that I used to be able to add my email account passwords, you’re not crazy but rather correct. Yup, in earlier versions of iOS Mail App, you could indeed modify the password. But no longer. And no, it’s not a bug. It’s by design. So, this is the deal–at least for now. It’s not possible to directly change the password on your iOS device using the Settings app or Mail app. Open your browser of choice, like Safari or Chrome (or whatever you like) and change your password directly there. For most of her professional life, Amanda Elizabeth (Liz for short) trained all sorts of folks on how to use media as a tool to tell their own unique stories. She knows a thing or two about teaching others and creating how-to guides! Her clients include Edutopia, Scribe Video Center, Third Path Institute, Bracket, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Big Picture Alliance. Elizabeth received her Master of Fine Arts degree in media making from Temple University, where she also taught undergrads as an adjunct faculty member in their department of Film and Media Arts. How do I find my email Password on my iPad?View your passwords and related information on iPad. For an account that uses a password, do one of the following: Say something like: “Show me my passwords.” Learn how to use Siri. Go to Settings > Passwords. ... . Tap an account, then tap the Password field.. To copy the password to use elsewhere, tap Copy Password.. How do I change the Password on my email account?Change your password. On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's Settings app Google. Manage your Google Account.. At the top, tap Security.. Under "Signing in to Google," tap Password. You might need to sign in.. Enter your new password, then tap Change Password.. How do I change my email Password on iPad iOS 14?How do I enter a new email password on my iPhone or iPad?. Settings.. Mail > Accounts (for iOS 15 or iOS 14), or. Passwords & Accounts (for iOS 13 or iOS 12), or. Accounts & Passwords (for iOS 11), or. Mail (for iOS 10), or. Mail, Contacts, Calendars (for iOS 9 and previous versions). (your email address). |