# Password for unlock

**URL:** <https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403>\
**Category:** Passport Core\
**Created:** [April 14, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403 "2025-04-14T10:53:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/user_avatar/community.foundation.xyz/panicseller/32/99_2.png) [@Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/u/Panicseller)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403/1 "2025-04-14T10:53:25Z")

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Are there plans to support passwords instead of a PIN for unlocking the device? Letters, symbols, numbers.

Or are these deemed redundant because of implemented brute force protection

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**Author:** ![qna](https://community.foundation.xyz/user_avatar/community.foundation.xyz/qna/32/284_2.png) [@qna](https://community.foundation.xyz/u/qna)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403/2 "2025-04-14T15:27:35Z")

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Prime will support PIN/Password choice at launch.

 ![onboarding.enterPin1](https://community.foundation.xyz/uploads/default/original/1X/30d9f9ee2689bc9b3771f27e6cc1d68da13ccfb7.png)

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**Author:** ![Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/user_avatar/community.foundation.xyz/panicseller/32/99_2.png) [@Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/u/Panicseller)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403/3 "2025-04-14T20:39:56Z")

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@qna Very nice, will this roll out to core as well?

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**Author:** ![qna](https://community.foundation.xyz/user_avatar/community.foundation.xyz/qna/32/284_2.png) [@qna](https://community.foundation.xyz/u/qna)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403/4 "2025-04-15T04:17:25Z")

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Core has had this for years.

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**Author:** ![Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/user_avatar/community.foundation.xyz/panicseller/32/99_2.png) [@Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/u/Panicseller)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403/5 "2025-04-15T13:21:39Z")

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@qna Are you serious? Where can I find it? I can only input numbers, not words or symbols

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**Author:** ![qna](https://community.foundation.xyz/user_avatar/community.foundation.xyz/qna/32/284_2.png) [@qna](https://community.foundation.xyz/u/qna)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403/6 "2025-04-15T13:34:36Z")

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Press the character key (aA1 - bottom right) on the PIN screen.

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**Author:** ![Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/user_avatar/community.foundation.xyz/panicseller/32/99_2.png) [@Panicseller](https://community.foundation.xyz/u/Panicseller)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.foundation.xyz/t/password-for-unlock/403/7 "2025-04-15T21:38:16Z")

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@qna cant believe I missed that, thank you!