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Forgot your SMART password?
If you have forgotten your password to access SMART, you can get SMART to send you a new temporary password automatically. You will need to answer a secret question you identified when you first set up your Username and Password.
Step by step guide
Follow these easy steps to get a new temporary password.
When you have reset your password, you will need to logon to SMART and change your temporary password.
Step 1
Access SMART and then click [Logon] from the menu bar.
![[image] Access the logon screen to SMART. [image] Access the logon screen to SMART.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/Step1-Access-SMART.jpg)
Step 2
From the Logon screen, click the [Forgot your Password] link.
![[image] Access to Forgot your Password from the logon screen. [image] Access to Forgot your Password from the logon screen.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/Image-1-forgot-your-password.png)
Step 3
The Reset My Password screen opens.
Enter your SMART User Name and then click [Submit].
![[image] Enter your User Name to access Reset My Password. [image] Enter your User Name to access Reset My Password.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/image-2-reset-my-password.png)
Tip
- The User Name is the name you chose to activate your client account
- If you have forgotten your User Name as well, please contact our Business Service Centre on free phone 0508 RSM INFO (0508 776 463).
Step 4
You are prompted to answer your Secret Question then click [Submit].
![[image] Answer your secret question to access Reset My Password. [image] Answer your secret question to access Reset My Password.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/image-3-click-submit.png)
Step 5
You are returned to a blank Logon screen.
A temporary password is sent to your email address. An example of the email is shown in Step 6 below.
![[image] You are returned to a blank SMART logon screen. [image] You are returned to a blank SMART logon screen.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/blank-logon-screen.jpg)
Step 6
Retrieve the email from your email system.
Copy and paste the password into SMART as shown in Step 7 below.
![[image] Your new password email. [image] Your new password email.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/image-4-temporary-password-email.png)
Step 7
Enter your User Name and new (temporary) Password then click [Logon].
![[image] Logon with your User Name and temporary Password. [image] Logon with your User Name and temporary Password.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/logon-last-step.jpg)
Step 8
You are prompted to enter a new (permanent) password and confirm before clicking [Submit].
![[image] Enter and confirm your new password. [image] Enter and confirm your new password.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/prompt-for-new-password.jpg)
Note
- Passwords are case sensitive. They must be a combination of letters and numbers and at least 7 characters long.
Step 9
You are returned to your homepage. Choose to continue working in SMART or logoff.
![[image] Welcome to SMART home page. [image] Welcome to SMART home page.](http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/image-library/smart-user-guides-images/maintain-your-client-details/forgot-your-password/home-page.jpg)
