How long do I have to wait after too many attempts on the password?

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How long do I have to wait after too many attempts on the password?

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Today I was asked to make a new microsoft account so I did and saved the password but when I tried to log in again my bowser didnt autocomplete so I had to do it manually, while writing the password I just kept getting it wrong to the point it locked me out for attempting to log in too many times this was totally my mistake and after looking carefully at my saved passwords I discovered I was writing it wrong, am I locked out forever or can I attempt to write my password again after 24 hours?

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Answer 1

Hi g.g._134, hope you're doing well. I’m Ian, and I’m happy to help you today.

You can try after 24 hours to see if this is a temporary locked.

If your account was been blocked/locked you can follow the steps in the article below to unlock it.

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/unblock-my-...

This is a user-to-user support forum and I am a fellow user.

I hope this helps, but please let me know if you need anything else.

Answer 2

The only way we can know about that is if you don't receive the lock account error message when you try to login again. Currently we would not know the "timer" nor the status of your account on our end (as user). This is based on the experienced that I have when I got this issue before.

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Thank you so much Ian do you know where can I check If its a temporary lock? or if it resets the timer If you attempt to fill in the password after it has been locked out? anyway you have given me peace of mind thank you again

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