How to Change Email Password on iPhone or iPad (2023)

This article will tell you how to update your email password on your iPhone or iPad. There are many reasons why you might want to update your email password on your iPhone or iPad. We'll go through the steps to change your Gmail password on your iPhone or iPad, as well as steps for a few other popular email apps.

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• Can You Change Mail Password on iPhone?
• How to Change Gmail Password on iPhone & iPad
• Reset Yahoo Email Password, Outlook Email Passcode & More

Can You Change Mail Password on iPhone?

If you want to change your Mail password on your iPhone or iPad, you'll have to change it with your email provider, so if you have Gmail you'll have to do it through Google, etc. Your Mail app itself does not have a password besides your Apple ID and device passcode, so if you want to change your email password, you won't do it through your Mail app. Be sure to check out how to add multiple Gmail accounts to your iPhone if you have more than one email account. To learn more about using your Mail app, check out our Tip of the Day newsletter, and if you're having trouble getting emails in your Mail app, check out our troubleshooting tips for emails not downloading to the Mail app.

How to Change Gmail Password on iPhone & iPad

It's relatively simple to reset your Gmail passcode from an iPhone or iPad, whether it's linked to the Apple Mail app, or not. To begin:

1. In the Settings app, tap Passwords.
   
   
    
2. Enter your iPhone's passcode, or verify your identity with Face or Touch ID.
   
   
    
3. Tap Google or Gmail in your lists of sites. If you do not see Google or Gmail here, skip to step 5.
   
   
    
4. At this point, if you've forgotten your Gmail password and don't want to change it, you'll find your password here.
   
   
    
5. If Gmail or Google is not in your list of sites, tap the Add button on the top right of the screen.
   
   
    
6. Enter in the website, your username, and password. This will not help if you have forgotten your password, so you may need to go on the site itself to reset your password to something you can remember.
   
   
    
7. Tap Done.
   
   
    
8. If you want to change the password, then tap on the account site under Websites.
   
   
    
9. When you're taken to your Google account page, enter your Gmail password or use Face ID.
   
   
    
10. On your Google Account page tap Personal info.
    
    
     
11. Scroll down and tap Password. If necessary enter your password again.
    
    
     
12. Enter your new password, confirm it, and tap Change Password.
    
    

That's it! Now you've changed your Gmail password on your iPhone or iPad. You'll need to sign back into Gmail with your new password on any device, laptop, or desktop where you were logged in as well as any apps you've set up using your Gmail address.

Reset Yahoo Email Password, Outlook Email Passcode & More

If you have an email account from Yahoo, Outlook, or another provider, you can still update your password on your iPhone or iPad. Here's how.

1. Look over the steps for how to reset your Gmail passcode on your iPhone. You can follow steps one through four, but instead of tapping your Gmail account, tap on the other email account that needs a new password.
2. Here you'll see the current passcode for your email account.
3. If your issue was forgetting your password, your problem is now solved.
4. If you want to change the password, follow steps nine and ten from the Gmail tutorial and tap Change Password.
5. You'll be directed to your account page asked to enter the current passcode for your account, and then walked through the steps for changing your passcode. 

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