Creating, changing, and using your BlackBerry
ID
Create a BlackBerry ID
When you create a BlackBerry ID, you can use any email address as your BlackBerry ID username; you do not have to use an
email address that you added to your smartphone.
1. Do one of the following:
• From a computer, visit
www.blackberry.com/blackberryid
. Click Register for a BlackBerry ID.
• When you set up a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet or a BlackBerry smartphone running BlackBerry 7, click Create a
BlackBerry ID.
2. Complete the instructions on the screen.
Change your BlackBerry ID information
You can change your display name, security question and answer, and password. You can change your BlackBerry ID
information from a computer or on a BlackBerry smartphone running BlackBerry 7. Depending on the app, you can also change
your information from inside an app that uses BlackBerry ID.
1. Do one of the following:
• From a computer, visit
www.blackberry.com/blackberryid
.
• On the home screen of your BlackBerry smartphone, click Options > Device > BlackBerry ID.
2. Complete the instructions on the screen.
Tips for creating a BlackBerry ID
It's important to choose a password that you can easily remember.
For your BlackBerry ID username, be sure to use an email address you use frequently. Recovery details can be sent to the email
address you use as a BlackBerry ID username if you forget your BlackBerry ID password.
The email address you use as a BlackBerry ID username does not have to be associated with your BlackBerry smartphone or
tablet.
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