"this password is invalid" cant change steam password

[76561198216902553]

hi
so i put my other account password with like 300 characters and now steam only accepts under 64 and i accidentally logged out of steam and i wanted to change password but when i did i put it as 63 characters cuz that account is important and then i tried to put new password put it keeps saying "this password is invalid". ive tried everything from restarting steam and pc to trying a password with under 63 like 45 chars or 30 chars but it doesnt work help i cant contact support either cuz they just ask me to just change password again. help :(

[ProffesionalBleachDrinker]

2nd*

[wuddih]

kaka původně napsal:

wuddih původně napsal:

https://help.steampowered.com/
while being logged out and mark you forgot your password. then you are able to reset it to another one.

300 char password is completely stupid.

i just said i couldnt do that cuz it says "the password is invalid" even tho they are both the same. ive tried multiple passowrds which dont help (read it again :( )

then enter a valid password, none of your obscure long and also useless stuff.

kaka původně napsal:

and 300 chars is actually good cuz it will take others atleast 10000 years to crack it from steam code with a password gen and its safer that way. think about it. a hacker would get a 7 digit password faster than a 300 digit one

it is not good. someone just directly attacks your butt. one wrong click and you have an undetectable keylogger on your system and that needs zero time investment. brute force is no method that is usable on Steam anyway. so no one can try out passwords in mass, Steam prevents that.

[76561198216902553]

The Doctor původně napsal:

kaka původně napsal:

yes previously. now its for under 64

keep it complex 10-20

if nobody knows ur password u will be fine, think about it

im using keepass as a generator and its doing complex enough :/

Ντολμαδάκι původně napsal:

try see in your email

theres nothing in the email :((

[76561198216902553]

nvm guys after hopelessly spamming this thread and taking screenshots for more proof, i changed my accounts password. thanks for everyone who jumped in and helped :))

edit: it just happened, i dunp kno how. sry for future peoples

[daviddavy.pi]

Copy and paste is disabled for password creation folks!

[rockyblackburn]

Then they need to say that when you are told your password is invalid. It would save a lot of frustration!

[↑↑↓↓←→←→BASelect]

If you use one non standard character then it will be impossible for your password to be brute forced. Even though steam limits log on attempts.

[Andrew Przelucki]

näljane huski původně napsal:

hi
so i put my other account password with like 300 characters and now steam only accepts under 64 and i accidentally logged out of steam and i wanted to change password but when i did i put it as 63 characters cuz that account is important and then i tried to put new password put it keeps saying "this password is invalid". ive tried everything from restarting steam and pc to trying a password with under 63 like 45 chars or 30 chars but it doesnt work help i cant contact support either cuz they just ask me to just change password again. help :(

Use a web browser, I use my phone. Paste your new password into the entry fields, but remove the last character after pasting in each entry field. Should accept now.

Here's a more detailed guide:

Use a password generator to get a password of 100 chars and use all available characters, including special - they are not the problem.

Save the password in your password manager, but remove the last character from the password.

Copy the generated password and paste it in the entry fields for the new password - but after each paste (in each entry field), remove the last character (you can't see the characters, they're masked, but that doesn't matter, just remove the last one). Should accept it now.

It's a problem I encountered in the past on mail websites and other places, but recently I had this here on Steam, which is strange, because I never had this issue on Steam