Setting Password Expiration Period to Unlimited

Article Number:020255

You can change the password expiration period according to your operational needs.
This page describes how to set the password expiration period to "Unlimited".

Method 1: Setting the Password Expiration Period to Unlimited for All Users

To change password expiration for all users, configure the setting in the password policy section.

  1. Click the gear-shaped menu button in the header.

  2. Click Users & System Administration.

  3. Click Login. Screenshot: "Login" is highlighted

  4. Change the password expiration period in the "Password Policy" section to "Unlimited".

  5. Click Save.

Method 2: Setting the Password Expiration Period to Unlimited for a Specific Users

When you change the password expiration period for each user, you cannot extend it by specifying a certain period you want. You can only make it never expires.

  1. Click the gear-shaped menu button in the header.

  2. Click Users & System Administration.

  3. Click Departments & Users. Screenshot: "Departments & Users" is highlighted

  4. Enter a display name or a login name of the user in the search box to search the target user.
    You can also expand the department tree and select the target user.

  5. Click the Change button.
    Screenshot: The Change button is highlighted

  6. Click Change Password. Screenshot: "Change Password" is highlighted

  7. Select "Use current password".
    The password does not appear as a visible text.
    Screenshot: "Use current password" is selected

  8. Select "Disable password expiration".
    You can select this to disable password expiration for the user, regardless of how the password policy is configured.
    Configure the password policy Screenshot: "Disable password expiration" checkbox is selected

  9. Click Save.

Actions that disable the "Unlimited" password expiration

Even when the password expiration period has been set to "Unlimited", users are requested to change their passwords if the Kintone Users & System Administrators make the following changes in sequence as described.