# Force password change after login

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-password-change-after-login/85202
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 13, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-password-change-after-login/85202 "2018-04-13T00:11:09Z")
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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-password-change-after-login/85202/5 "2018-04-17T23:22:10Z")

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I think it was enabled without an option in the past - if your password was too short, you were required to do a password reset instead.

The policy was flipped because this was locking people out of their accounts (dead email accounts).

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