Sooner or later, every Internet user needs to change their password - from their email inbox, social network account, skype or ICQ. This problem is especially acute for users of the good old ICQ messenger. Actually, we’ll talk about how to change the password in ICQ.
Relatively recently, changing the password in ICQ directly through the ICQ client has become impossible. We can only hope that the new owner of the ICQ Mail.ru Group service will become more loyal to alternative ICQ clients in the foreseeable future and will return users the ability to change the password directly in the ICQ client. In the meantime, you can perform this procedure only on the official website of the ICQ resource.
You may have several different reasons for changing your password:
- The most common reason - a person just forgot the password in ICQ. Typically, this happens if the password was very complex and tricky. Often this happens if the user has too many accounts on social networks and various messengers - it is not surprising that he cannot remember the password in ICQ, and all that interests him at the moment is how to change the password in ICQ.
- If you suspect or know for sure that you have been hacked and spam is sent from your number.
- If you bought your number from a third party and want to get a new password.
- If the password was too easy, and you need to complicate it.
We’ll warn you right away: never tell anyone and never your password in ICQ. If on any site you will be asked to change the password right there - do not believe it. This is an ordinary divorce. The password you entered will be written to a text file and sent to the owner of that site. And he can do anything with a password.
And now let us dwell in more detail on how to change the password in ICQ on the official website of this service. To do this, we need to go to the ICQ website - who does not know: www.icq.com.
You will be taken to the main page of the site where you will be asked to log in or register. There are two ways to log in to the system:
- enter the ICQ number and password from it in the empty columns;
- fill in the email address to which ICQ is registered, and the password from ICQ.
If you do not want to re-enter the data to enter the service, you can check the box "Remember on this computer."
Important: for users of mobile ICQ there is an alternative method of authorization on the service by entering the mobile phone number to which the ICQ messenger is attached.
If authorization is successful, you can proceed to the next step. In the upper right corner you will see the message "ICQ Support", and under it - the link "Change Password". You need it to change the password in ICQ. Click on the link. A new page “Change Password” will open with empty fields “Current Password”, “New Password” and “New Password (again)”. Everything is simple here: enter the old and new passwords, click on “Save”. All done.
Now let’s dwell on how to change the password in ICQ, in the case when you do not remember the password. The action algorithm is as follows:
- Go to the ICQ site.
- In the very top right, under the already familiar inscription "ICQ Support" you will see the link "Forgot your password?". Follow it.
- You will be on the Password Recovery page. You will be asked to enter your ICQ number, email address or your mobile number in the empty fields.
- To prove that you are not a robot, enter captcha.
- Click on “Continue.”
- All done. A confirmation email will be sent to your email address or to your mobile phone. All you need to do is follow the link in the letter, after which you can change the password in ICQ.
Actually, that’s all. If the password change procedure is successful, the system itself will notify you of this with the desired message "Password has been successfully changed."