To use this method, you don’t need to know how to use code, however it is time intensive making changes to your csv file. You have the option to require your users to re-enter a new password when they log in for the first time. Reload your new csv file with the new passwords added. Once you have the new csv file, click on the top level organisation in your Google Apps admin panel and then click on the add more users icon (the one with a person and a + symbol)įrom here, you can select the ‘add several users at once’ option. Note: You just add the password column to your downloaded csv file Once you have downloaded the csv file of your users, you need to format the csv file into the following format To do this, just click the icon next to the download button. You just need to download the the email, first name, and last name fields. Unfortunately you can’t just download the users in an organisational unit (OU), so if you needed to just reset the passwords on a few accounts, this won’t be ideal as you will need to find and delete the students whose passwords don’t need to be reset. This will then download all your users into a csv file.
You will then see the following menu.Ĭlick on the icon with an arrow. To reset multiple passwords in Google Apps via a CSV file, log into the Google Apps Admin panel, then click on users. The full instructions can be found at the Google Apps Manage Site. You will need to know how to run and manage scripts. Using Google Apps Manager to reset multiple passwords will require you to have a bit of technical ability.
Google Apps Manager (GAM) is a command line tool that allows administrators to manage many aspects of their Google Apps Account. I am assuming you aren’t using directory sync to keep your Google Apps passwords up to date. I have ranked the three methods from the hardest to easiest. Below are three ways to reset multiple passwords in Google Apps.
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