# What's da passwoid? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 17, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910 "2015-04-17T14:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/1 "2015-04-17T14:21:33Z")
Something happened a few months ago (hacking incident?) and posters were encouraged to change their passwords. I did, but now I can’t remember it. This would be unhandy if I should be logged out. How can I retrieve my password? I did try to change it yesterday, but I need the old password to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/2 "2015-04-17T14:45:20Z")
Before you do anything else, make sure your Email addy is the\*\* current one\*\* here. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/3 "2015-04-17T15:11:55Z")
It is. As it happens, I remembered the password. Nevertheless, what’s the recovery procedure? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/4 "2015-04-17T15:26:43Z")
I did this a couple of weeks ago. I don’t remember the exact procedure, but there’s a pretty straightforward way to have a temporary password emailed to you, which you can then use to login and enter a new password. That’ll work as long as your email address is up to date. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/5 "2015-04-17T15:26:53Z")
You click Forgot Password and it sends an email to the email address you have listed saying a password request has been requested and click on the link below to reset your password, otherwise ignore this email and it will time out in some number of hours. At least, that’s generally how it works. The dope may be different in incidentals. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/6 "2015-04-17T15:32:28Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/7 "2015-04-19T01:53:31Z")
You could give me your password for safekeeping. In fact, I encourage everyone to do this. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910/8 "2015-04-19T03:13:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It is. > > As it happens, I remembered the password. Nevertheless, what’s the recovery procedure? Ask the guy with a funny hat and a Italian accent in the college campus speakeasy. He will give you a clue.