How to Change a Google Workspace User’s Password

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

What happens after you reset a Google Workspace user’s password

They get signed out of all active sessions. To continue using services, the user needs to:

Google web services (like Gmail) – Sign in again with the new password.
Android – Sign in again with the new password. Already synced data is still accessible, but new data can’t sync until the user signs in again with the new password.
iOS – The user’s account gets removed from the accounts list, and the user has to add their account again with the new password.
Third-party OAuth apps (click here if you don’t know what OAuth apps are) – Existing app permissions get revoked. The user needs to sign in again and grant access with the new password.
Third-party apps that require app-specific passwords – Access to third-party apps gets revoked if the user has enabled two-step verification. Generate new app-specific passwords to reconnect to third-party apps.

How to reset a Google Workspace user’s password step-by-step with images

Follow these steps to reset a user’s password.

Step 1

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

Step 2

Hover over the user and click Reset password.

Step 3

Two password reset options

Two options here: Automatically generate a password, or Create password – click the second one to specify the new password yourself.

Optionally, you can check the Ask user to change their password when they sign in box to force them to change their password the next time they log in to their account.

Click RESET.