How to Change Your Nintendo Account Password
Instructions on changing the password for your Nintendo Account.
Important:
- If you have forgotten your password and need assistance signing in to your Nintendo Account, click here.
Complete These Steps:
Are you changing the password for a standard Nintendo Account or a Nintendo Account for a child?
Nintendo Account Nintendo Account for a Child
- Go to https://accounts.nintendo.com and sign in to your Nintendo Account.
- Select "Sign-in and security settings," then select “Edit” in the “Change Password” section.
- Enter your current password, then select “OK.”
- Enter and confirm a new password.
- Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.
- Passwords cannot contain your date of birth.
- Passwords must include a combination of characters from 2 of the following categories: letters, numbers, and punctuation.
- Click "Submit" to update the password.
Do you want to use the parent / guardian’s account or the child’s account to change the password?
Parent / Guardian's Account Child's account
- Go to https://accounts.nintendo.com and sign in to your Nintendo Account.
- Select "Family Group".
- Select the child's account that you want to change, then click "Change" next to "Sign-in and security settings".
- Click “Edit” in the “Change Password” section.
- Re-enter the current password if prompted, and click "OK".
- Enter and confirm a new password.
- Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.
- Passwords cannot contain your date of birth.
- Passwords must include a combination of characters from 2 of the following categories: letters, numbers, and punctuation.
- Click "Submit" to update the password.
- Go to https://accounts.nintendo.com and sign in to your Nintendo Account.
- Select "Sign-in and security settings," then select “Edit” in the “Change Password” section.
- Enter your current password, then select “OK.”
- Re-enter the current password if prompted, and click "OK."
- Enter and confirm a new password.
- Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.
- Passwords cannot contain your date of birth.
- Passwords must include a combination of characters from 2 of the following categories: letters, numbers, and punctuation.
- Click "Submit" to update the password.