--- title: setPassword description: Changes user password. If new recovery email is specified, then error EMAIL_UNCONFIRMED is returned and password change will not be applied until email confirmation. Application should call getPasswordState from time to time to check if email is already confirmed --- ## Method: setPassword [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Changes user password. If new recovery email is specified, then error EMAIL_UNCONFIRMED is returned and password change will not be applied until email confirmation. Application should call getPasswordState from time to time to check if email is already confirmed ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |old\_password|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|Old user password| |new\_password|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|New user password, may be empty to remove the password| |new\_hint|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|New password hint, can be empty| |set\_recovery\_email|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Yes|Pass True, if recovery email should be changed| |new\_recovery\_email|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|New recovery email, may be empty| ### Return type: [PasswordState](../types/PasswordState.md) ### Example: ``` $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API(); if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot $MadelineProto->bot_login($token); } if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number); echo 'Enter the code you received: '; $code = ''; for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) { $code .= fgetc(STDIN); } $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code); } $PasswordState = $MadelineProto->setPassword(['old_password' => 'string', 'new_password' => 'string', 'new_hint' => 'string', 'set_recovery_email' => Bool, 'new_recovery_email' => 'string', ]); ``` Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - setPassword * params - {"old_password": "string", "new_password": "string", "new_hint": "string", "set_recovery_email": Bool, "new_recovery_email": "string", } ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/setPassword` Parameters: ``` old_password - Json encoded string new_password - Json encoded string new_hint - Json encoded string set_recovery_email - Json encoded Bool new_recovery_email - Json encoded string ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` PasswordState = setPassword({old_password='string', new_password='string', new_hint='string', set_recovery_email=Bool, new_recovery_email='string', }) ```