# Choose and save your password

Official GBMaps guide for the classic map maker. VectorMaps has a different interface.

Source: https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password
Updated: 2026-10-22

Make this account yours means your email code has been accepted. You can now choose a password for this GBMaps email address. Complete this step within 10 minutes of verifying the code; if you leave it too long, verify your email again.

![Choose and save your password — actual GBMaps dialog with example details](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/help/images/auth-choose-password.png)

Real GBMaps dialog with an example account. Select a numbered circle for its explanation; View larger makes the wording easier to read.

## 1. Your password

Use 8–50 characters. Spaces are welcome and special symbols are not compulsory. Several unrelated words can be easier to remember than a short jumble. Choose your own phrase: do not use the example in a screenshot, a familiar keyboard sequence or a password used on another website.

[Open this step](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password#choose-password--password)

## 2. Show / Hide

There is one password field, so use Show to check it before saving. Hide conceals it again. Pasting from a password manager is allowed. Keep the screen private while the password is visible.

[Open this step](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password#choose-password--show)

## 3. Save my password

Saves the password for this account and its map types. Wait for the confirmation before assuming it has worked. If red wording appears, read it and correct the problem; the tool has not accepted the new password.

[Open this step](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password#choose-password--save)

## 4. Back to sign in

Leaves this step and returns to the ordinary sign-in box. It does not save the password you typed. If you already had a working password and have not saved a replacement, that previous password is unchanged.

[Open this step](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password#choose-password--back)

## 5. Your password is saved

You are returned to the sign-in box with this confirmation. Enter the new password and choose Continue to my maps. This final sign-in is required after both first-time setup and a reset; being asked again is not an error.

[Open this step](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password#choose-password--saved)

## 6. Keep the password and codes to yourself

GBMaps support does not need your password or email verification code. Anyone you give these to may be able to use your account. On a shared computer, decline the browser’s offer to remember the password and use Log out when you finish.

[Open this step](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password#choose-password--protect)

### What this looks like

Current GBMaps controls with example maps and account details. Choose View larger to see the details.

![Password saved: one last step — GBMaps controls](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/help/images/auth-password-saved.png?v=1790670434)

[**Password saved: one last step**](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=choose-password#choose-password--saved)

Sign in using the password you have just saved.

## Related guides

- [Sign in to your maps](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=sign-in)
- [Warnings while choosing a password](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=password-warnings)
- [Forgotten your password?](https://www.gbmaps.com/mcs/map-help.php?topic=password-reset)