This page contains advice and help on how to change your password or how to have a new one set should you forget it. For advice on how to keep your account secure please read our Security Tips page and Account Security section.
This is the quickest and most simple way to change your password and is done by logging into the RuneScape.com website and going to the Account Settings part of your account. We have a video explaining how to do this here.
To change your password, please follow these steps:
1. Click on Profile & Settings on the RuneScape Homepage and then log into your account.
2. Please click the link 'Click here' and an email will be sent to the email address registered to your account.
3. A confirmation box will show up confirming that an email as been sent.
If you are having trouble finding the email then please make sure to check your Spam/Junk folders as your email may have been automatically filtered.
The message will look like this but with your unique link. Be sure to check that the link goes to https://secure.runescape.com/m=password_history/password_change.ws and nowhere else. 
4. If your account does not have an email registered to the account then the following message will appear.
5. When you click on the link which has been provided in the email sent to you the following window will appear allowing you to change your password. 
Once completed you will see this message. 
Players who have forgotten their password can recover their account by using our email recovery process or our account recovery form.
If you have not yet registered an email on your account you will still be able to recover your account using the Manual Account Recovery Process the full details are found here.
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