Changing Your Password

Changing a password you know on the Security tab of the My profile page and signing out your other sessions.

Who uses it: Registered researcher
In the panel: My Profile Open the screen

You change your password on the Password card of the My profile → Security tab.

Open Security from the user menu.
Enter your current password in the Current password field.
Enter your new password in the New password field.
Enter the same password in the Password (again) field.
Press Change password.

When your password changes, all your sessions except this one are signed out, and you receive a notification. The new password must follow the rules in Signing in with a Password.

If your account was created with an institution account, it has no password at all, and you cannot change a password with this card. To set a password, follow the steps in Resetting Your Password.