1.9 Passwords and Account Preferences
Audience: Employee
Set Up Account Preferences
Depending on how your organization configures Workday, you can edit a variety of features on your account, including languages, search functionality, workflows, and notification preferences.
Select your Profile > My Account > Change Preferences.
Update any of the field settings on the Change Preferences page that your organization permits, as shown in the image below.
Select OK.
Change Your Password
Select your Profile > My Account > Change Password, as shown in the image below.
Select the Current Password field and enter the current password.
Select the New Password field and enter the new password.
Select the Verify New Password field and enter the new password again.
Select OK.
| Note: Depending on how your organization configures Workday, you may need to create one or more challenge questions when you first sign in. You can modify the challenge questions at any time. |
Manually Change Your Password Challenge Questions
If you forget your password, you need to answer the challenge questions before you can reset it.
Select your Profile > My Account > Manage Password Challenge Questions (Do Not Use).
In the Select the First Security Challenge Question field, select the pull-down menu, and select a challenge question.
Select the New Answer field and enter an answer.
Repeat these steps for the remaining challenge question and answer fields, as shown in the image below.
Select OK.
| Important: Workday plans to retire challenge questions in a future release. We recommend that you use other forms of authentication that Workday supports such as multi-factor authentication and forms of authentication that do not require a password. |
Change Your Password for iOS
From the Home page:
Select your Profile.
Select the Settings (gear) icon.
Select Login & Security.
Select Change Password.
Select the Current Password field and enter the current password.
Select the New Password field and enter the new password.
Select the Verify New Password field and enter the new password again.
Select Done to confirm the change.
Change Your Password for Android
From the Home page:
Select your Profile.
Select the Settings (gear) icon.
Select Login & Security.
Select Change Password.
Select the Current Password field and enter the current password.
Select the New Password field and enter the new password.
Select the Verify New Password field and enter the new password again.
Select the checkmark icon to confirm the change.
Sign Out for iOS and Android
From the Home page:
Select your Profile.
Select the Settings (gear) icon.
Select Sign Out.