# Confirm password when signing up

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [2016年二月21日 07:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917 "2016-02-21T07:40:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [2016年二月21日 07:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917/1 "2016-02-21T07:40:42Z")

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Just got this email from a user today:

> One suggestion, to avoid typos when entering the new pwd, perhaps you should use either a duplicate field for them to enter their new pwd, or force them to log in after they enter their new pwd .

Most systems ask for password confirmation when signing up. What were the reasons why Discourse chose not to? Can this be made optional?

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### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2016年二月21日 08:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917/2 "2016-02-21T08:52:17Z")

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Discourse forces every user to have an email address and allows a pretty painless password reset, so having a typo in the password isn’t really a problem.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年二月21日 10:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917/3 "2016-02-21T10:26:02Z")

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[https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-do-not-have-to-confirm-password/4693](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-do-not-have-to-confirm-password/4693)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年二月21日 10:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917/4 "2016-02-21T10:26:28Z")

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016年二月21日 18:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917/5 "2016-02-21T18:43:37Z")

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Typo in email is actually a much bigger problem..

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年十月28日 08:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917/6 "2017-10-28T08:59:27Z")

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Since you can now edit email after signup in the confirm dialog this is definitively covered.