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How to reset your Foursquare password

Do it by hand with the steps below, checked against Foursquare's own documentation. Or connect Gmail once and Repass runs the same flow for you and seals the new password in your vault.

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~2 minutes · email or phone recovery · 3-day free trial

At a glance

Foursquare password reset, in one table

Verified facts about resetting a Foursquare password
Reset by email	Yes
Reset by phone	Yes
What the email contains	a reset link
Works with Repass	Yes

Checked against Foursquare's own documentation. Sources.

The manual way

Reset your Foursquare password in 5 steps

Open Foursquare's sign-in page
Go to foursquare.com, open the sign-in screen, and look for “Forgot password?”. Sites also label it “Can't log in?”, “Trouble signing in?” or simply “Get help”.

Navigate there yourself rather than following a link from an email or a search ad. Reset pages are the most impersonated pages on the web precisely because a convincing copy collects everything an attacker needs in one form.
Enter the email or phone number on the account
Type the email address or the phone number the account uses, and pick which one you still have access to. If you are not certain which address that is, search every inbox you own for old mail from foursquare.com: receipts, sign-in alerts, notification digests. The inbox holding those is the account email, whatever you assumed it was.

This is where most resets quietly fail. People request a reset for the address they use today, get nothing, and conclude the account is gone, when in fact the reset went to an address they stopped checking years ago.
Open the reset email
Open the message from Foursquare and follow its reset link. Nothing after a few minutes? Check spam and promotions, then confirm you entered the address the account actually uses.

Reset links are single-use and short-lived. Opening one on a different device to the one you will sign in on is fine; forwarding it to someone else is the same as handing over the account.
Choose a strong new password
Use 16 or more random characters, and never one you have used anywhere else. A reused password turns one company's breach into a break-in everywhere you reused it.
Store it somewhere sealed
Save it in a password manager or encrypted vault. Not a note, not a screenshot, and not “the usual one with a 2 on the end”, which is the same password as far as anyone attacking it is concerned.

The Repass way

Watch Repass reset Foursquare.

Finding your Foursquare account
Opening password recovery
Waiting for the reset email
Reset email found
Generating a 20-character password
Sealing it in your vault

You never give Repass your current Foursquare password. It uses Foursquare's ordinary account-recovery process to replace it, the same flow you would click through yourself.

An illustration of the agent's phases. Timings shown are not measured.

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Pick a route

Which Foursquare recovery method should you use?

Start with what you still have access to, not with what you would prefer. Every route below verifies you through a contact method already on the account, which is why the answer is decided before you begin.

Still signed in somewhere?

Then change the password in settings instead. You will not need any of this.

You can still open the email on the account

Use the email reset. Foursquare sends a link there and you are done in a couple of minutes. This is also the only route Repass can drive for you.

You have the phone, not the email

Use the phone route. Foursquare texts a code to the number on the account.

You have neither any more

This stops being a password problem and becomes an account-recovery one. Recover the email account or the phone number first.

When it goes wrong

Trouble resetting Foursquare?

Forced password reset after inactivity

If it has been a while since your last login, Foursquare may prompt you to reset your password when signing in as an extra layer of protection. Source

Email not received from lost email access

If you cannot receive the password reset email because you no longer have access to the email address registered with your account, Foursquare cannot modify your password on your behalf. You must contact your email service provider to recover access to that email first. Source

SMS verification code unavailable if phone not registered

If you have not registered a mobile phone number with your account, a verification code cannot be sent via SMS during password reset. Source

The reset email never arrived

Check spam and promotions, confirm the address you entered is the one the account uses, then request one more. Repeated requests can rate-limit you, so wait a few minutes between attempts rather than hammering the button.

Your phone number changed

Use the email route instead, as long as that inbox is still yours. Update the number as soon as you are back in, or the next reset has the same problem.

You think someone else is in the account

Reset first, then change the same password everywhere else you used it.

There is no password to reset

If you originally signed up with Google, Apple or Facebook, the account has no password of its own. Sign in the way you did the first time.

After the reset

Your password was not the only thing to fix.

1Check the recovery email on the account

The next reset goes to whatever address is on file today. If that is an inbox you no longer open, you are one forgotten password away from being locked out for good.

2Check the recovery phone number

Same reasoning. An old number is worse than no number, because it can end up reassigned to a stranger.

3Change it anywhere you reused it

If this password was used elsewhere, those accounts are as exposed as this one was. That is the job Repass exists to do in bulk.

Context

Why are you resetting your Foursquare password?

I just forgot it

The ordinary case, and what the steps above are for. Nothing is wrong with the account.

I think someone else knows it

Reset it, then change the same password anywhere else you used it, since that is usually how they got it.

I reused it somewhere else

Change it here and everywhere else. Until you do, the weakest site holding that password decides the security of all of them.

It showed up in a breach

Rotate it even if Foursquare was never breached. Passwords travel between sites in your head, not in theirs.

I have not changed it in years

Age alone is not a reason. Being reused, guessable or exposed is. Unique and random can be left alone.

Side by side

Repass, or Foursquare by hand

Step	Repass	By hand
Find the right account	Automatic	You
Open the reset flow	Automatic	You
Search the inbox	Automatic	You
Open the reset link	Automatic	You
Generate a strong password	Automatic	You
Save it somewhere safe	Automatic	You
CAPTCHA	You approve	You
Texted code	You approve	You
Repeat for 50 accounts	Automatic	An afternoon

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Straight from the source

Official Foursquare password and account links

Every fact on this page was checked against these pages. If Foursquare changes something, they are right and we are stale, so go to them first.

Questions

Foursquare password reset FAQ

How do I reset my Foursquare password?

Open the sign-in page on foursquare.com and choose “Forgot password?”, enter the email or phone number on the account, follow the link you are sent, and set a new password. It usually takes a couple of minutes.

Can I reset my Foursquare password using email?

Yes. Foursquare sends a reset link to the email address on the account.

Can I reset my Foursquare password using my phone number?

Yes, if the number is on the account. Foursquare sends a message by text.

Why isn't my Foursquare reset email arriving?

Check spam and promotions first, then check whether you requested the reset for the address the account actually uses. Most “no email” cases are a reset sent correctly to an inbox the person no longer opens. Searching your inboxes for older mail from foursquare.com tells you which account is the real one.

What should I do if my Foursquare account was hacked?

Reset the password immediately. Then change it anywhere else you used the same password, because that is usually how they got in.

Can Repass reset my Foursquare password for me?

Yes. Connect Gmail once and Repass walks Foursquare's forgot-password flow itself: it requests the reset, reads only its own reset email, sets a strong 20-character password and seals it in your vault. If Foursquare asks for a CAPTCHA or a texted code, Repass stops, shows you the page, and asks you for that one step.

Does Repass need to know my current Foursquare password?

No, and it never asks for one. Repass uses Foursquare's ordinary account-recovery flow to replace the password, which is why it works on accounts whose password you have already forgotten.

Is it safe to let software reset my Foursquare password?

Repass generates and encrypts passwords on your own device, and the model that drives the reset is never shown a password, a reset link or a verification code. Those stay local to your browser. Repass does hold a key that can unwrap your vault, so that signing in is enough to open it on any device; you can revoke that key, after which your master password is the only way in.

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