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<task id="t_keystore-password-changing" xml:lang="en-us">
<title>Changing a keystore's password</title>
<shortdesc>The Signing and Keys view enables you to change the password used to protect a keystore.</shortdesc>
<prolog>
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<taskbody>
<steps>
<step>
<cmd>If necessary, open the Signing and Keys view by <ph product="webui android-studio">selecting <menucascade>
<uicontrol>Window</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>Show View</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>Other</uicontrol>
</menucascade> and then selecting <menucascade>
<uicontrol>MOTODEV Studio</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>Signing and Keys</uicontrol>
</menucascade> from the list of views</ph>. Note that this view is part of the MOTODEV Studio for Android
perspective and is thus normally opened when you switch to that perspective.</cmd>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>From the list of keystores displayed in the Signing and Keys view, select the keystore for which you want
to change the password.</cmd>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>Click <image href="../images/KeystorePasswordChange.png"/> (Change Keystore Password) in the Signing and
Keys toolbar.</cmd>
<stepresult>The Enter Password dialog is displayed.</stepresult>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>If necessary, supply the keystore's password in the <uicontrol>Old password</uicontrol> field provided.
Note that if you previously indicated that MOTODEV Studio should save this keystore's password, that password
is automatically filled in for you.</cmd>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>Enter the new password to be used to protect the keystore into the <uicontrol>New password</uicontrol> and
<uicontrol>Confirm new password fields</uicontrol>.</cmd>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>If you would like MOTODEV Studio to save this keystore's password and then automatically fill it in when it
is called for in the various Signing and Keys dialogs, select <uicontrol>Save this password</uicontrol>.</cmd>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>Click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>.</cmd>
</step>
</steps>
<result>The keystore password is changed.</result>
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</task>