Sooner or later every Internet userthere is a need to change the password - from your e-mail box, account in social networks, skype or ICQ. This problem is especially acute for users of the good old ICQ messenger. Actually, how to change the password in ICQ, we now talk.
Relatively recently changed the password in ICQdirectly through ICQ-client became impossible. We can only hope that the new owner of the ICQ Mail.ru Group service in the foreseeable future will be loyal to the alternative ICQ clients and will return users the ability to change the password directly in the ICQ client. In the meantime, you can only perform this procedure on the official ICQ site.
You may have several different reasons for changing your password:
Immediately warn: do not tell anyone and never have your password in ICQ. If on any site you will be asked to change the password right there - do not believe it. This is an ordinary divorce. The password you entered will be recorded in a text file and sent to the owner of that site. And he can do anything with the password.
And now we will stop in more detail on how to change the password in ICQ on the official site of this service. For this we need to go to the ICQ site - who does not know: www.icq.com.
You will be taken to the main page of the site where you will be asked to enter or register. You can log in to the system in two ways:
If you do not want to re-enter the login information, you can tick the "Remember on this computer" checkbox.
Important: for users of mobile ICQ there is an alternative way of authorization on the service by entering the mobile phone number to which the ICQ messenger is attached.
If the authorization was successful, you can goto the next step. In the upper right corner you will see the message "ICQ Support", and under it - the link "Change Password". You need it to change the password in ICQ. Click on the link. A new "Change Password" page opens with empty "Current Password", "New Password" and "New Password (Repeated)" fields. Here everything is simple: enter the old and new passwords, click on "Save". It's all done.
And now we'll stop at how to change the password in ICQ, in case you do not remember the password. The algorithm of action is as follows:
Actually, that's all. If the procedure for changing the password succeeds, the system will notify you about this by itself with the desired message "Password successfully changed".