# Min password length

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length/129518
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length/129518 "2019-09-25T23:18:20Z")
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### Author: ![Remah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/remah/32/70590_2.png) [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length/129518/5 "2019-09-26T08:49:39Z")

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This is the discussion where the 8 minimum was set:

> [@Min Password Length vs Block Common Passwords](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length-vs-block-common-passwords/58207/2):
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> 8 character passwords are perilously close to no password at all these days. [https://blog.codinghorror.com/your-password-is-too-damn-short/](https://blog.codinghorror.com/your-password-is-too-damn-short/) This is one of those defaults I strongly advise against changing, at least in the smaller direction. It is also quite telling how small the common password list is when you filter to 10 chars and higher. There is a reason for this…

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