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How to Reset Your Password via the Helpdesk

If you don't know the sanYou can easily reset your password from a web browser on any device by using our Single Sign-On (SSO) portal:

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After clicking the link above, you will be brought to our SSO login page.

Underneath the blue Sign In button, you will see Need help signing in? Click on it.

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A menu will appear with several options. Click on Forgot password?

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Next, enter your username (not your email address) and click the blue Reset via Email button.

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Note: This will send a message to your secondary email address. If you have not added a secondary email in our SSO portal, you will not be able to reset your password yourself. Clicking on Can't access email will display a message instructing you to contact the Tech Office. Calling us is not the best option. We strongly recommend submitting a ticket through our helpdesk if you don't have a secondary email and need your password reset: newburyport.freshdesk.com

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If you do have a secondary email set, after clicking the Reset via Email button, you will see the message Email sent!

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Go to your secondary email account, and you will see a message titled "Newburyport Public Schools - Account Password Reset". In the email, click on the green Reset Password button.

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For some younger students, the security question is preset to Name of this city? with the answer: Newburyport

After you enter your answer, click on the Reset Password button.

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Now you will be asked to enter a new password. Enter it in both boxes and then click Reset Password.

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If your new password matched, you will be brought to the SSO portal.

There's one final step to complete your password reset: sign out and then sign in with your new password.

Click on your name in the navigation bar of the SSO portal and click Sign out.

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Log in with your username (not your email address) and the new password you just chose.

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Once you have logged in successfully and see the SSO portal again, you are finished.

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Your new password will now be updated for Google, any Chromebook, and all district computers and devices.