Changing your Carleton Password: Quick Start Guide

Summary

How to change your password, update all related devices, and not get locked out of your account in the process!

If you do not remember your current Carleton username or password and have not setup password recovery options (link opens in new tab)

Check if you are still logged into your Carleton email account on the Gmail app on any of your devices: If so, you can reset your password via the Forgotten Password page (link opens in a new tab) which will verify your identity via an email sent to your Carleton email that you can receive on that device.
Check the saved passwords in your browser: See this page (link opens in a new tab) for how to do this if you are unsure
Alumni: please contact Alumni Relations at alumni-office@carleton.edu or 800-729-2586 to change your password
Everyone else: please call the ITS Helpdesk at 507-222-5999

Set aside some time (about 30 minutes)
Record your old password in case of future need and prepare to record your new password, preferably in a secure password manager
Gather all of your electronic devices that may connect to Carleton's systems (via eduroam, Zulu, or anything else that remembers your password and logs you in automatically much of the time)

Select the instructions that best fit your current circumstances:

Go to Workday For Affiliates (link opens in a new tab) and select either Forgot Password or Change Password

Please contact the ITS Helpdesk for assistance: go.carleton.edu/helpdesk or 507-222-5999

Article ID: 140066

Created

Wed 12/8/21 3:43 PM

Modified

Wed 10/1/25 9:21 PM

Service Request

Ask for help from the ITS Helpdesk.