Inbox - Mail - Accounts - Tools - Outlook Reset Password

Introduction

You can use the Outlook Reset Password tool in Inbox to change the password on your Outlook account. 

Setup & Recommendations

• To reset the password on your Outlook accounts, you need to add your accounts to Inbox. Click here to learn how to add your account credentials to Inbox.
• You can configure how many tasks run concurrently in Settings > Mail | Account Tools.

Reset Password

1. Navigate to the Accounts section of Inbox in Mail. When you hover over it, an icon that looks like a book with a person on it is titled Accounts.

2. Select the accounts you want to set up email forwarding. Then click the Tools button and select Outlook Reset Password.

3. If you want emails to populate in the emails tab after your account is logged in, enable the Sync mail after login checkbox.

4. If you want to force relogin into the credentials before resetting your account password, enable the Force re-login credentials checkbox. 

5. Select a Mail Task Template to use. The Mail Task Template is used if your accounts encounter 2FA codes that must be handled via IMAP. You can assign catchall/forwarded emails to your Mail Task Template. Click here to learn how to create a Mail Task Template.

6. Select an SMS Task Template to use. The SMS Task Template is used if your accounts encounter SMS verification pages during the login or forwarding flow. You can assign third-party SMS credentials to SMS Task Templates to automatically handle SMS codes. Click here to learn how to create an SMS Task Template.

7. Optionally, you can specify a Custom Password to use when resetting your account password. If you leave this field blank, Inbox will generate a random 16-character password for each account.

8. After configuring the dialog, click the Start button. Your tasks will start resetting the password on your accounts. If the password successfully resets, the status will display " "