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How to reset your Wattpad password

Q: What is Wattpad's password reset page?

https://www.wattpad.com/forgot. Go there directly rather than through a link in an email, since reset pages are widely impersonated.

Do it by hand with the steps below, checked against Wattpad'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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At a glance

Wattpad password reset, in one table

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

Checked against Wattpad's own documentation. Sources.

The manual way

Reset your Wattpad password in 5 steps

Open Wattpad's password reset page
Go straight to www.wattpad.com/forgot. This is the same place the “Forgot password?” link on the sign-in screen sends you, so starting here saves a step and, more importantly, means you are typing your details into Wattpad's own domain rather than whatever a search result offered you.

That matters more than it sounds. Password reset pages are the single most impersonated page on the internet, because a convincing copy collects exactly what an attacker needs. Check the address bar reads www.wattpad.com/forgot before you type anything.
Enter the email on the account
Type the email address the account uses. If you are not certain which address that is, search every inbox you own for old mail from wattpad.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 Wattpad 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 Wattpad.

Finding your Wattpad 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 Wattpad password. It uses Wattpad'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 Wattpad 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. Wattpad 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 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 Wattpad?

Password reset only works with the linked email address

You can only reset your password with the email address linked to your account; the password reset email cannot be sent to any other email. If you created your account with a false email address, you won't be able to reset your password. Source

Password reset emails may take up to 24 hours

If you don't receive your reset password instructions within 24 hours, please contact Support. Source

Cannot reset password of a closed account

You cannot reset the password of a closed account. If your account was closed for a violation of the Code of Conduct or Terms of Service, your account cannot be reopened. Source

Password is required for changing username and email address

Your password is the key to not only logging into your account, but also to changing your username, changing your email address, and deleting a story. 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 Wattpad 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 Wattpad 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 Wattpad 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 Wattpad password and account links

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

Questions

Wattpad password reset FAQ

How do I reset my Wattpad password?

Open www.wattpad.com/forgot, enter the email on the account, follow the link you are sent, and set a new password. It usually takes a couple of minutes.

What is Wattpad's password reset page?

www.wattpad.com/forgot. Go there directly rather than through a link in an email, since reset pages are widely impersonated.

Can I reset my Wattpad password using email?

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

Why isn't my Wattpad 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 wattpad.com tells you which account is the real one.

What should I do if my Wattpad 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 Wattpad password for me?

Yes. Connect Gmail once and Repass walks Wattpad'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 Wattpad 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 Wattpad password?

No, and it never asks for one. Repass uses Wattpad'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 Wattpad 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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