About passwords

At this time, Medium does not support a password system for signing in to your account.

Instead, you can sign in to your Medium account using your email address or a social media account that you've connected with your Medium account.

Sign in or sign up with a social media account

Desktop iOS & Android
  1. On the Medium homepage, click Sign in in the top-right corner to sign in to your existing Medium account, or Get started to create a new account.
  2. Choose the third-party service you want to use.
  3. Authorize Medium to access your social media account.
  4. Click Ok to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Sign in or sign up with email

Desktop iOS & Android
  1. On the Medium homepage, click Sign in in the top-right corner.
  2. Choose Sign in with email.
  3. Enter your email address and click Continue.
  4. Go to your inbox and open the verification email.
  5. Click Sign in to Medium in the email to be redirected to Medium and signed in to your account.

Note: The email verification link expires after two hours and can only be used once. If you run out of time or need a new email login later on, you can simply follow the same process again to get a fresh email login link.

Troubleshooting

I don't know how to access my account

If you don't know what social media account is associated with your Medium account, try signing in using your email address instead, and when you sign in, check your social connections in Settings.

If you don't know what email address you created your account with, check your email inbox. You should have received a welcome email from Medium when you created your account for the first time.

I'm not receiving verification emails from Medium

Please see this article for more information.

Can I set up a password?

Medium does not support passwords at this time.

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