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# Change your email address
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# Change your email address
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If enabled by Zulip organization administrator, you can change your email address
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By default, anyone can change their email address at any time.
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using the following steps.
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Organization adminstrators can
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[restrict users to certain email domains](/help/change-a-users-name), or
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[prevent users from changing their email](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes).
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{settings_tab|your-account}
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{settings_tab|your-account}
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2. Click on the **[Change]** link beside your email address.
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2. Under **User settings**, click on the button with your email address.
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3. Enter your new email, and click **Change**.
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4. You will receive a confirmation email within a few minutes. Open it and click **Confirm email change**.
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** If you do not see the [Change] link,
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**Note:** If you are unable to click on the button with your email address, check
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it is probably because your organization's administrators
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that your organization allows email changes. Follow the steps at
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have disabled change of email addresses.
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[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes)
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If that's the case, then you need to ask them to
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to view your organization's settings.
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allow users to change their email address.
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3. Change your email in the **Email** field.
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4. Click on the **Change** button to receive a confirmation mail.
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5. Click on the **Confirmation link** send to your new email address.
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Congratulations! You have updated your email address.
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By default, everyone can change their name in Zulip. You can write your name
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By default, everyone can change their name in Zulip. You can write your name
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in any language you'd like.
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in any language you'd like.
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Organization administrators can
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Organization administrators can [change anyone's name](/help/change-a-users-name), and
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[change anyone's name](/help/change-a-users-name), and
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[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes). This
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[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes). This
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is useful when users' names are managed via LDAP or another data source.
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is useful when users' names are managed via LDAP or another data source.
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1. From your desktop, click on the **gear**
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{settings_tab|your-account}
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(<i class="icon-vector-cog"></i>) in the upper right corner.
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1. Select **Settings** from the dropdown.
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1. Under **User settings**, click on the button with your name in it.
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1. Click the button with your name in it, under **User settings**.
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**Note:** If clicking on the button doesn't work, check that your
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organization allows name changes. Follow the steps at
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[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes)
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and see if the relevant box is checked.
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1. Change your name, and click **Save**.
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1. Change your name, and click **Save**.
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**Note:** If you are unable to click on the button with your name, check
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that your organization allows name changes. Follow the steps at
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[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes)
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to view your organization's settings.
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# Change your password
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# Change your password
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## If you know your current password
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You can reset your password at any time, as long as you either know your
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current password, or have access to the email address associated with your
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account.
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### If you've forgotten or never had a password
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1. Log out.
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1. Go to your organization's login page.
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2. Below the **Password** field, click **Forgot password**.
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3. Enter your email address, and click **Reset password**.
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4. You will receive a confirmation email within a few minutes. Open it and click **Reset password**.
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### If you know your current password
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{settings_tab|your-account}
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2. Click the **Change password** button located underneath your name.
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2. Under **User settings**, click on the password field (it should look like `********`).
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3. You will first be asked to enter your old password, and then to
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enter a new password and to confirm it.
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3. Enter your old password and your new password, and click **Change**.
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**Note:** Your password must be six characters or longer.
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{!save-changes.md!} account settings.
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## If you forgot your password
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If you've forgotten your password, you can easily reset it using your e-mail.
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1. Go to your organization's Zulip homepage.
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2. Click the **Forgot password?** link below the **Password** field.
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3. In the new form you see, enter your email address in the **Email** field
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and click the **Reset password** button.
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You will receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password.
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