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title: Password updates
description: Password updates provide a method for the user to update their password without assistance from an administrator. The Ping Identity Platform includes a sample Update Password journey. Unlike the other sample self-service journeys, the update password journey assumes the user is already logged in, and gets the user's current session data to identify the user. It then presents a prompt to update the user's password, and uses a Patch Object node to update the password in IDM. An example of where you might use a journey like this is in an update password link placed in the user's profile or settings.
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version: 7.5
page_id: platform:platform-self-service:update-password
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# Password updates

Password updates provide a method for the user to update their password without assistance from an administrator. The Ping Identity Platform includes a sample Update Password journey. Unlike the other sample self-service journeys, the update password journey assumes the user is already logged in, and gets the user's current session data to identify the user. It then presents a prompt to update the user's password, and uses a [Patch Object node](../auth-node-ref/patch-object.html) to update the password in IDM. An example of where you might use a journey like this is in an update password link placed in the user's profile or settings.

![Sample update password journey](_images/PlatformUpdatePassword.png)

Make sure that the [Patch Object node](../auth-node-ref/patch-object.html)'s Patch As Object field is not selected (equivalent to `false`).

To allow users to update their password through the End User UI profile page using the Reset link, set a self-service tree for the password update journey:

1. Log in to the AM admin UI and switch to the relevant realm.

2. From the left navigation pane, click Services.

3. Select Self Service Trees.

4. Set a new key and value and click + Add:

   * Key

     `updatePassword`

   * Value

     The name of the journey

5. Click Save Changes.