Change Your AOL Mail Password in a Web Browser
Change your AOL Mail password if you suspect your account has been hacked, want to change your password to something stronger and more difficult to deduce, or want your AOL password to be something you can easily remember. When it’s time to change your current password, make the change in your AOL account information screen. To alter the password for your AOL Mail account using a web browser on your computer:
Change Your AOL Mail Password in iOS
If you use the AOL app to access your AOL mail on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, change your password in the app.
Tips for Choosing and Using a New Password
Long passwords are harder to crack than short passwords and are harder to remember. Here are a few tips:
Use a brief complete sentence you can remember, and leave out the spaces between words.Use the first letter of each word of a longer sentence.Use two or more numbers or special characters. Add these at the beginning or end of the sentence or phrase or in the middle if you can remember their placement.Keep it relatively simple. If you have to write down your password, you lose a lot of your security.Change your password regularly. Every three or six months is a good practice.AOL requires at least eight letters in a password and recommends using special characters such as !@#% but doesn’t require these.
Even if you use strong passwords and change them periodically, they don’t protect you from keyloggers on your computer or people who peek over your shoulder as you type your password. Add two-step verification, run anti-virus software regularly, and be aware of your surroundings when accessing your mail in public settings.
