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reset password

to set a new password for an account in place of the existing one when the existing password is unknown, forgotten, or no longer usable.

In plain English

This means choosing and putting a different password onto the account. It replaces the old password rather than using it again. It is used when the old password cannot be provided because it is forgotten, unknown, or otherwise unusable.

In context

As a button label, it indicates that pressing it starts the action of setting a new password for the account to replace one that cannot be used.

Situation
Account recovery, locked-account support, reactivation, and closure requests
What it communicates
button label for starting a new-password step

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not establish that the change is permitted, completed, or that account access will follow.

Examples

“Unable to provide the old one, she reset her password and set a new one for the account.”

Core meaning

“Press Reset password if the current one is forgotten or no longer usable.”

In context

  • change password Contrast

    Both replace an existing password, but change password does not imply that the old password is unknown, forgotten, or unusable.