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greatauntoftriplets

(177,007 posts)
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 02:11 PM Sep 2022

How do I change my Twitter password?

I have a Twitter account to be able to read posts on it. Now, I get asked to verify my password, but I can't find the paper where it's written down. When I try to access the "Change My Password" function, I'm asked to enter the lost password first.

Any advice on how to do this without entering the old password? Do I have to take down this account and start a new one?

Thanks for any help.

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How do I change my Twitter password? (Original Post) greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 OP
See if this helps any. herding cats Sep 2022 #1
I keep getting a page asking me to log in with the password that I don't have. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 #3
Hmm, maybe the link below will help? herding cats Sep 2022 #5
Thanks, but neither worked. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 #6
I'm completely out of ideas. herding cats Sep 2022 #7
One more. herding cats Sep 2022 #8
Thanks, but I get the same page asking me to log in. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 #9
Try deleting cookies then try it again. herding cats Sep 2022 #10
Okay, thanks. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 #11
Can't help you auntie. pwb Sep 2022 #2
Thanks. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 #4
I seem to recall a friend telling me he had tried changing some Settings via the mobile app Bristlecone Sep 2022 #12
I was trying on a PC. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 #13

greatauntoftriplets

(177,007 posts)
3. I keep getting a page asking me to log in with the password that I don't have.
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 02:27 PM
Sep 2022

It has an image of a dog sitting on a red chair. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep trying things.

pwb

(12,206 posts)
2. Can't help you auntie.
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 02:21 PM
Sep 2022

I joined it for about a month and decided no to it all. I deleted everything and never went back. It could still be there. I feel that Twitter should remember you by name and phone number or by your IPadress. It should not be on us for them to remember you are a loyal customer. But I am old so there's that.

Bristlecone

(10,523 posts)
12. I seem to recall a friend telling me he had tried changing some Settings via the mobile app
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 04:14 PM
Sep 2022

Only to find that he was successful using a PC(but not mobile).

Perhaps try to logging via PC and enter forgot password when doing so. It should give you an option to authenticate another way ie mobile sms or via email link.

Good luck


*iPhone type

greatauntoftriplets

(177,007 posts)
13. I was trying on a PC.
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 05:01 PM
Sep 2022

My fingers are too clumsy to even try that on a mobile phone, an android in my case. In the end, I just created a new account, using my phone because I got a page saying that my email had already been used.

Thanks for your suggestion.

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