How to Force Multiple Google Workspace Users to Change Their Passwords on Their Next Sign-in

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Workspace administrators

You can force multiple users to reset their password the next time they sign in to their account.

When to force multiple users to reset their password the next time they sign in

When you want to make sure that multiple users will reset their passwords, but you don’t want to log them out of all active sessions right now
When you want multiple users to reset their passwords, and you want them to do it on their own

How to force multiple users to reset their password the next time they sign in step-by-step with images

Step 1

At Google Admin https://admin.google.com, click Users or Manage.

Step 2

Click Download users above the users list.

Step 3

Select All user info columns and currently selected columns.

The format should be Google Sheets.

Click DOWNLOAD.

Step 4

You’ll get a notification when it’s ready. Click the Tasks icon in the top right, then select Open in Google Sheets.

Step 5

Editing the CSV file

If you scroll to the right, you’ll find the Change password at Next Sign-In column. By setting this to TRUE, you force users to change their password the next time they log in.

Step 6

Select File in the top left, then hover over Download as and select Comma-separated values.

Step 7

Uploading the CSV file

Go back to the Users section.

Step 8

Click Bulk update users.

Step 9

Click the ATTACH CSV FILE button and select the file you exported from Sheets, then click UPLOAD. It may take a bit before the changes take effect.

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