Accounts & securityPractical guide · updated for 2026
How to Change My Password on Instagram
If you can sign in, change your password in Instagram’s account settings, often through Accounts Center. If you can’t sign in, use the password reset or account recovery prompts instead.
Have this ready
- Access to your Instagram account
- Your current password, if you can sign in
- Access to the account’s recovery email or phone
Step by step
- 1Open Instagram and go to your profile and settings.
- 2Find Accounts Center, then look for password and security settings.
- 3Choose the password change option and select your Instagram account if prompted.
- 4Enter your current password and a new, unique password.
- 5Save the change and sign out of devices you don’t recognize.
Want it done with you?
I can walk you through it in a live private browser, show you the exact clicks, or do it with you and keep the recording. You log in yourself; I never see your password.
Common questions
What if I forgot my current password?+
Use the sign-in screen’s password reset or account recovery option.