# Setting password

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/setting-password/4053>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 15, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/setting-password/4053 "2021-10-15T20:30:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![shanemkotz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@shanemkotz](https://community.umbrel.com/u/shanemkotz)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/setting-password/4053/1 "2021-10-15T20:30:48Z")

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Ok so I’m really new to technology stuff but I went and downloaded everything now I’m trying to set a password on umbrel local and when I press next nothing happens. Why could that be?

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**Author:** ![DHD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/dhd/32/485_2.png) [@DHD](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DHD)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/setting-password/4053/2 "2021-10-15T22:07:22Z")

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The password might be too short, try a little longer password, ideally 12+ characters. (My password is 20 characters long) I’ve seen that issue come up a lot.