How to change your password

Every Internet user daily logs into their accounts in social networks, mail systems, various programs intended for communication. When you activate any account, the system asks for a password that can be easily stolen by intruders.

To protect yourself, you need to take a few simple steps. First, you need to come up with a strong password, so that it's hard to guess or pick, and at the same time, the user should easily remember it. It is better if it consists of large and small letters, numbers, punctuation marks. Secondly, you can not tell anyone your password. Thirdly, it is not recommended to record it - you need to come up with a way to remember it forever. Fourth, the password must be changed periodically. How to change the password? The principle of replacement is approximately the same in all systems.

How to change your password in Gmail

Google strongly recommends that users periodically change their password from the mailbox. In this case, it will be changed not only for mail, but also for the entire Google account.

To change the Gmail password, you need to log in to your account and click on the "Gear" icon on the top right corner of the page. Select "Settings" from the list, on the downloaded page, at the top, find and open the "Accounts and Import" section. Then go to the "Change settings" and click on the blue line "Change Password". In the browser, a new page will open the Google page, where you will be asked to enter the current line in the top line, the middle one and the bottom one - the new one, and click "Edit".

How to change the password in Skype

When working with the most popular Skype program for calls, video calls and text messaging, there is often a situation where you want to change the secret code, making it more unique and secure. It's quite simple.

Change the password in Skype can be on the developer's site or in the window of the program itself.

In order to change the codeword in the program window, you need to start Skype on your computer and activate the account. In the upper left corner is the tab "Skype", which you need to open. In the drop-down menu, select "Change password". A window opens in which you will be prompted to make the changes. In the upper field you need to enter your current password. Next, you need to come up with a new one, consisting of numbers, small and capital letters, and write it in the middle field. Then enter again in the lowest field for confirmation. If the passwords are entered correctly, a comment will appear about their match. Then click the "Apply" button, and a window will open that will confirm the successful changes.

It happens that the user has forgotten his current password, but remembers the login and the address of the mail that he specified during registration. How to change the password in this case? First, enter your login in the appropriate field, and then click on the link "Restore password" located next to the password entry field. After that, you will be asked to enter the email address specified at the time of registration, which will be sent a message with the password recovery code. The code is limited to 6 hours, after which it will become irrelevant.

If only the login is known, and the rest is forgotten, you need to use the link "I can not remember the e-mail address". This method is suitable only if in the last 6 months the user has replenished his account in the system. You will be prompted to enter your login and payment data for the last six months, for example, credit card details or order number.

How to change the password if only the e-mail address specified during registration is known, and the remaining data is lost. First you need to restore your login. This can be done by referring to the link "What is my login?" You can get your forgotten login from friends who have Skype contacts.