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Reset password
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*Create a new password for your SEPAL account*

Create a new password for your SEPAL account
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In this article, learn how to:

In this article, you can learn how to:

- Access your SEPAL account by creating new password.
- access your SEPAL account by creating a new password

If you have forgotten the password for your SEPAL account, you can reset it by proving you have access to the email address associated with your account.

A password may be recovered by submitting a request by following the directions located at one of the website's sign-in forms.
A password may be recovered by submitting a request after following the directions located at one of the website's sign-in forms.

.. note::

Resetting passwords is not possible without knowing and having access to the email address used to sign in to the platform. Before requesting a new account with SEPAL, test all of your email accounts.
Resetting passwords is not possible without knowing and having access to the email address used to sign in to the platform. Before requesting a new account with SEPAL, please test all of your email accounts.

This password reset process can be performed in three steps:
The password reset process can be performed in three steps:

1. Provide your email address.
2. Complete email verification.
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Select **Forgot password** on the SEPAL landing page.

.. thumbnail:: ../_images/setup/password/landing.png
:title: SEPAL landing page where the user can find the **Forgot password?** button.
:title: SEPAL landing page where the user can find the **Forgot password?** button
:group: setup_password

Enter the email address you used to register for SEPAL, then select **Reset password**.

.. thumbnail:: ../_images/setup/password/email-setup.png
:title: The **Reset password** page where you can insert your email address.
:title: The **Reset password** page where you can insert your email address
:group: setup_password

.. note::

If the field becomes red, your email address was not found in our database. Be careful with typos and test multiple addresses, as you may have used another when you registered.
If the field becomes red, your email address was not found in the database. Be careful with typos and test multiple addresses, as you may have used another when you registered.

Once your email address is validated, a confirmation email will be sent from SEPAL to your associated email account. The notification system will display a message containing this information in the upper-right corner of the screen.

.. thumbnail:: ../_images/setup/password/email-confirmation.png
:title: The confirmation notification that an email to reset your password has been sent to your associated email address.
:title: Notification confirming that an email to reset your password was sent to your associated email address.
:group: setup_password


Email confirmation
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To reset your password, SEPAL uses an email confirmation system because:

- Attackers cannot lock the accounts of other users by guessing their usernames and utilizing the forgotten password recovery function.
- Passwords cannot be read from your email account by potential attackers.
- The reset links are only temporarily valid.
- After someone uses a password reset link, it becomes invalid and cannot be accessed again.
- attackers cannot lock the accounts of other users by guessing their usernames and utilizing the forgotten password recovery function;
- passwords cannot be read from your email account by potential attackers;
- the reset links are only temporarily valid; and
- after someone uses a password reset link, it becomes invalid and cannot be accessed again.

For all of these reasons, SEPAL will send you the following email.

.. thumbnail:: ../_images/setup/password/email.png
:title: Example of a **Reset password** email.
:title: Example of a **Reset password** email
:group: setup_password

Follow the instructions to reset your password on a new browser page.

Change password
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In the reset password form, three fields are available:
In the **Reset password** form, three fields are available:

- **Username**: The username associated with your email address in the database.
- **Username**: the username associated with your email address in the database.

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.. note::

Your username cannot be changed.

- **Password**: Your new password.
- **Password**: your new password.

- **Confirm password**: A security field where you need to provide your new password again.
- **Confirm password**: a security field where you need to provide your new password again.

Enter the new password in the **Password** and **Confirm Password** fields (Note: if the two fields are not exactly the same, the form cannot be validated).
Enter the new password in the **Password** and **Confirm password** fields (if the two fields are not exactly the same, the form cannot be validated).

Select **Set password** to validate your new password.

.. thumbnail:: ../_images/setup/password/change-password.png
:title: The **Change password** interface.
:title: The **Change password** interface
:group: setup_password

Once validated, the new password will be automatically updated on your account. The user will be authenticated and a notification will be displayed in the upper-right.
Once validated, the new password will be automatically updated on your account. The user will be authenticated and a notification will be displayed in the upper right.

.. thumbnail:: ../_images/setup/password/change-password-notification.png
:title: The **Change password** interface.
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