---
title: "Changing a Folder Group Passphrase"
slug: "changing-a-folder-group-passphrase-5"
tags: ["8.2", "Portal"]
updated: 2025-06-12T04:46:31Z
published: 2025-06-12T04:46:31Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/changing-a-folder-group-passphrase-5"
---

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# Changing a Folder Group Passphrase

**Note**

          

Only backup folders are passphrase protected.

If the folder group is passphrase protected, you can change the passphrase. A folder group that is passphrase protected has this information displayed when you mouse-over the folder group to the right of the folder group name.

          **Warning**

          

Changing the passphrase for a folder group will cause all devices using folders in the folder group to be unable to backup files, until the backup service has been re-configured with the new passphrase in the devices administration interfaces.

**To change a passphrase:**

1. Select **Folders > Folder Groups** in the navigation pane.  

The **Folder Groups** page is displayed.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-25O4KHLM.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A31%3A32Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A31%3A32Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=IwESyKDRrC76ri4NJkP9sFrs5ZMNQQovXNzxE6vM6xo%3D)
2. Move the mouse over the folder group row and when the mouse hovers over the row the folder group is identified as being passphrase protected, as in the following example.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-B67E8ZL5.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A31%3A32Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A31%3A32Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=IwESyKDRrC76ri4NJkP9sFrs5ZMNQQovXNzxE6vM6xo%3D)
3. Click the folder group.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-VFBL4DOI.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A31%3A32Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A31%3A32Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=IwESyKDRrC76ri4NJkP9sFrs5ZMNQQovXNzxE6vM6xo%3D)
4. Click **Change Passphrase**.  

The **Change My Passphrase** window is displayed.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-0YHBDTZH.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A31%3A32Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A31%3A32Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=IwESyKDRrC76ri4NJkP9sFrs5ZMNQQovXNzxE6vM6xo%3D)  

**Your Old Passphrase** – The folder's old passphrase.  

**Your New Passphrase** and **Confirm New Passphrase** – A new passphrase.  

**Passphrase Strength** – Displays the passphrase's strength.
5. Click **Finish**.
6. Do one of the following:
  - If cooperative deduplication is enabled, the default, you must update the passphrase on all devices using this folder group.
  - If cooperative deduplication is disabled, you must update the passphrase on the device associated with this folder group, to enable the device to access the folder.

          **Note**

          

The other fields in the window cannot be edited.