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Learn how to reset your BrowserID account password and add or remove email identities from your account.

BrowserID is an easy way to sign into lots websites using just your email address and a single password. This article explains how to reset your BrowserID password and how to manage different email identities. {note}'''Note:''' See, [[What is BrowserID and how does it work?]] to learn (surprisingly enough) what BrowserID is, how it works and how you can create an account.{/note} __TOC__ = How do I reset my BrowserID password? = So there you are trying to sign in to your favorite website and you've forgotten your Browser ID password. Don't worry, you can just reset it. # Click the "forgot your password?" link on the sign in screen.<br><br>[[Image:BrowserID PW Reset 1]] # Click the {button Reset Password} button.<br><br>[[Image:BrowserID PW Reset 2]] # Go to your email and find the message from BrowserID. Click the link they sent to you and you'll be taken browserid<!-- -->.org where you can enter a new password. # Type your new password in the entry fields and click {button Finish}.<br><br>[[Image:BrowserID PW Reset 3]] # Now you can use your new password to complete your login at your favorite website. = How do I reset the password for all my BrowserID email addresses? = The previous section explains how to change the password of one of your email addresses. In the case that you have more than one email address assigned to your BrowserID account you can simply change the password for all of them. # Go to https://browserid.org and click the {button Sign In} button. # Type your BrowserID username and password and click {button Sign In}. # On the Account Manager page click {button Edit} next to Password<br><br>[[Image: browserID-password-bulk1]] # Enter your old password to the left and your new password to the right.<br><br>[[Image:browserID-password-bulk2]] # Click the {button done} button.<br><br> = How do I add another email address to my BrowserID account? = The cool thing about BrowserID is the ability to set up multiple email addresses to use as your login identity. If you want to add another email address to use when you login to BrowserID-enabled sites, just add a new email to your BrowserID account. Make sure that you have already used BrowserID before following these steps. # Click the Sign in button in your favorite site. (for example http://myfavoritebeer.org) # In the Sign in window, click "Add another email".<br><br>[[Image:DifferentEmail2]] # Type your new email and click the {button Add} button.<br><br>[[Image:AddEmail]] # Go to your email inbox and search for an email with "Complete Login to ''website'' using BrowserID" in the subject line. # To confirm addition of this email address to your BrowserID account, click the link provided in the email. Now you can use this email address as your identity when logging into websites with BrowserID. = How do I remove an email address from my BrowserID account? = When you no longer want to use an email address to Sign in to websites, you can delete it from your BrowserID account. # Go to https://browserid.org and click the {button Sign In} button. # Type your BrowserID username and password and click {button Sign In}. # On the Account Manager page click {button Edit} next to "Your Email Addresses".<br><br>[[Image:BrowserID-remove-account]] # Click the {button Remove} next to the email address that you want to remove from your account.<br><br>[[Image:RemoveAccount]] # Click the {button OK} in the confirmation dialog that appears.<br><br>[[Image:ConfirmRemove]] [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/MxvGrK]]