# How to change kibana's password complexity setting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-kibanas-password-complexity-setting/256209>\
**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")\
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**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")

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@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)

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