{"id":1461,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583468-how-to-reset-a-hostinger-email-mailbox-password\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:16","slug":"1583468-how-to-reset-a-hostinger-email-mailbox-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583468-how-to-reset-a-hostinger-email-mailbox-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset a Hostinger Email Mailbox Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">You can reset your Hostinger Email mailbox password using either hPanel or Webmail.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_86ae9551f4\">Option 1 &ndash; Reset via hPanel<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">This is the best option if you don&rsquo;t remember the current password:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a><\/b> section of hPanel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/35820439-efbc-4642-bac3-ad4a76d448b0.jpg\" width=\"226\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>anywhere<\/b> next to the domain name you want to manage<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/ece34758-41ef-4195-b8ae-12f5582fc4be.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Mailboxes<\/b> on the left sidebar.<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/eab10251-a399-422f-bf6e-493aa25969a3.jpg\" width=\"217\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Find the mailbox in question and click the Options (&#8942;) button:<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/135f2c3f-219a-4ba9-acd7-69bed6b7ced1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Select <b>Change Password<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/d2b9691f-8d80-4534-aaa6-b4054acdcf81.jpg\" width=\"284\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Enter a new password manually or use the password generator. If setting your own password, ensure it:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Is 8-50 characters long.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Includes at least one number, one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, and one symbol.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Uses only Latin letters.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>Update<\/b>&mdash;your new password is now set. You can use it to log in to Webmail or configure an <a href=\"\/support\/4305847-set-up-hostinger-email-on-your-applications-and-devices\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">email client<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/ddc6bb58-c0e6-4f84-bf0b-0fee9fbf27c1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 id=\"h_ab49199a1e\">Option 2 &ndash; Reset via Webmail<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you remember your current password, you can change it from in Webmail:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Log in to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.hostinger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger Webmail<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open <b>All Settings<\/b> under Settings icon in the top right corner<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-13.17.19-1.png\" alt=\"Navigate to All Settings page\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">click <b>Change password<\/b> under <b>Account<\/b> settings page.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-13.19.41.png\" alt=\"Account settings page\"><\/div>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Enter your <b>current<\/b> password.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Type your <b>new password<\/b> and confirm it by entering it again.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>Save changes<\/b>&mdash;your email password is now updated.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-13.20.50.png\" alt=\"Account settings page\"><\/div>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For security, always use a strong password that includes a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols &#128274; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">After resetting your password, remember to update it in your email client if you have one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing the email password for a Hostinger Email address<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583468-how-to-reset-a-hostinger-email-mailbox-password\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583468-como-restablecer-la-contrasena-de-una-cuenta-de-hostinger-email\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583468-comment-reinitialiser-le-mot-de-passe-d-un-compte-email-pour-hostinger-email\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583468-bagaimana-cara-reset-password-akun-email-di-hpanel-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583468-como-redefinir-a-senha-de-uma-conta-de-e-mail-para-o-e-mail-da-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583468-------hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8125,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions\/8125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}