• TV
  • MOVIES
  • MUSIC
  • SHOWBIZ
  • SOAPS
  • GAMING
  • TECH
  • FORUMS
  • Follow
    • Follow
    • facebook
    • twitter
    • google+
    • instagram
    • youtube
Hearst Corporation
  • TV
  • MOVIES
  • MUSIC
  • SHOWBIZ
  • SOAPS
  • GAMING
  • TECH
  • FORUMS
Forums
  • Register
  • Login
  • Forums
  • Gadgets
  • Mobile Phones
Gmail on Android : changing an email account password.
jsmith99
10-09-2016
I've just changed my password on my main email account (Outlook.com), which is also the account for my Microsoft account.

Moto G v3, Android M (I think).

I have a few email accounts on my phone, including this one and the gmail account I had to set up as "entry" to Google account. I use Gmail as the client.

I can't access this account on my phone, it keeps telling me username or password is wrong. Fine, it even offers me a link to "edit details".

The trouble is, following that link I can't see anywhere to actually change my password.

I've tried googling, but every hit relates to the password for the Gmail account itself.

I remember I had the same problem on my old phone, when I used K9 as a mail client.

In the end I deleted the account and added it again. Is this the only solution, or am I missing something simple?
jsmith99
12-09-2016
Nobody else had this problem, I take it?

Or can anyone suggest a decent email client for Android?
Mustabuster
12-09-2016
Have you tried logging into your gmail account from a browser?
jsmith99
12-09-2016
I have, but all I see is the Gmail mail account; that one's not the problem.

I'm using Gmail as a mail client with some non-Gmail accounts. I've changed the password on one of them, but I can't see any way to change the password with the mail client.

If I search, all I get are ways to change the password of the Gmail mail account,
bikerlad
12-09-2016
Can you delete the account from gmail and re-add it?
jsmith99
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by bikerlad:
“Can you delete the account from gmail and re-add it?”

I can, that's what I did with K9, but I look on it as a last resort.
VIEW DESKTOP SITE TOP

JOIN US HERE

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Hearst Corporation

Hearst Corporation

DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK

© 2015 Hearst Magazines UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. Registered in England 112955. All rights reserved.

  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Complaints
  • Site Map