How to Change your Password on Raspberry Pi OS

To keep your Raspberry Pi secure, you should always make sure that you use a secure password for your user. A secure password typically involves letters, numbers and symbols and should be at least 12 characters long.

The longer and more complicated a password is, the harder it is for an attacker to break into your device. Changing your user’s password is straightforward whether you are using the desktop or command line variants of Raspberry Pi OS.

Changing the Password using the Raspberry Pi OS Desktop

This section will show you how to change your user’s password without leaving the Raspberry Pi’s desktop interface.

This process is made super simple thanks to the inbuilt “Raspberry configuration” application. This tool lets you change various system settings, including the password for your user.

1. To get to the “Raspberry Configuration” app, we need to start by opening the start menu.

You can find the start menu on Raspberry Pi OS by clicking the raspberry icon at the top-left of the screen.

2. With the start menu open, you must hover over the “Preferences” (1.) option.

After hovering over that option, you will see “Raspberry Pi Configuration” as an option (2.). Click it to open the application.

3. To change your user’s password on Raspberry Pi OS, click the “Change Password...” button, as shown below.

4. You can now set a new password for your Raspberry Pi user. You must enter your password twice (1.) before continuing.

Ensure that when you set a new password, you make it secure. Try and use a mix of letters, passwords and symbols.

5. If you have successfully changed the password for your user, you will see the following prompt appear.

Next time you are prompted to log in, you must enter your new password. As you are done you can now click the “OK” button to continue.

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