# How to change kibana's password complexity setting **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [November 21, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-kibanas-password-complexity-setting/256209 "2020-11-21T02:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shawn\_sun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shawn_sun/32/72735_2.png) [@shawn\_sun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shawn_sun)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-kibanas-password-complexity-setting/256209/1 "2020-11-21T02:10:06Z")
Such as title, I need to improve the PASSWORD Complexity of the kibana user. my kibana is Basic license，if there have any method meet the need. defalt setting just 6 characters: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7f4b30a974850af07de625993dc1d4a5fda80952.png) ---
**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-kibanas-password-complexity-setting/256209/2 "2020-11-21T02:51:35Z")
@shawn_sun it doesn't look like there's a way to do this directly in Kibana but other verification methods may help. More info here - [Password Policy Setting for users in kibana X-pack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-policy-setting-for-users-in-kibana-x-pack/236040) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-kibanas-password-complexity-setting/256209/3 "2020-12-19T02:51:40Z")
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