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How to change your Proton password for any reason when you know your password. If you've forgotten it, check our support page on how to reset it.

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If you receive an unrequested password reset message, this indicates that someone has correctly filled in the combination of your Proton Mail username and recovery email address, possibly by accident. This password reset email does not mean that your account has been compromised.

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New accounts are set to one-password mode by default. This password is used both for login (to verify the identity of the user and access the account) and for the mailbox (to decrypt data). It is still possible, however, to switch to two-password mode from the Settings -> Account page.

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Learn about Proton Mail's one-password mode and how to switch to it if you're currently using two-password mode.

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Your Mailbox Password allows you to read your encrypted messages. Learn more about the Mailbox password.

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By default Proton Mail now uses One-password mode. If you use Two-password mode, we explain the difference between your Login Password and your Mailbox password

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