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title: Manage the Password Policy
slug: manufacturing-connect-edge/manage-the-password-policy
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createdAt: 2022-09-28T18:19:45.000Z
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You can manage the password policy by navigating to **System **>** Access Control **>** Password Policy**. 

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# Password Policy Requirements

Password requirements are applied when you reset your password or create user accounts in Manufacturing Connect Edge. 

By default, the minimum password requirements are:

-
  Contains at least 1 upper-case letter.
- Contains at least 1 lower-case letter.
- Contains at least 1 numeric character.
- Contains at least 1 special character.
- Is at least 8 characters long.
- Cannot be longer than 256 characters long.
- Auto-generated password length is 12 characters long
- Special characters allowed:
  ``!"#$%&()*+,-/;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~``

The default password requirements can be changed through the Policy Management screen in the system.

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**Note:**

- Some passwords are generated automatically, such as FTP and OPC UA. Automatically generated passwords are part of the Password Policy.
- Saving or resetting a password policy saves it to the system configuration file.
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# Before You Begin

You must be an administrator to view the *Policy Management&#x20;*&#x70;ane and make changes to the password policy.

# Modify Password Policy

You can make changes to the existing password policy parameters and click **Save Policy**. Modifying a password policy in Manufacturing Connect Edge takes precedence over the default password policy added in the **Manufacturing Connect Admin Console&#xA0;**> **Policies** pane.

# Reset Password Policy

You can reset the password policy to its default settings by clicking **Reset Default**.&#x20;