As we announced previously, the way you log into your My NCBI account will change from your My NCBI username and password to a 3rd-party login. On June 22, we disabled the ability to create new My NCBI passwords and in July we launched the Password Retirement Wizard, which will activate when you login here with a native NCBI password. (Figure 1).
Figure 1. The Password Retirement Wizard screens. The wizard will offer you the option (opt-in) to change your password to a 3rd party login when you sign in at https://account.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/migrate/ with a native NCBI password. You may choose from any of the available 3rd party accounts. Clicking on an option will take you to the sign-in screen for on the 3rd party website.
Currently, the wizard is opt-in, which means you can retire your password at your convenience. We encourage you retire your password now so you won’t have to interrupt what you’re doing to retire your password later!
We demonstrated the wizard in a recent webinar. Watch the recording to get a preview of the wizard before you try it.
Here are some upcoming password retirement milestones:
- Later this summer, we will make the wizard opt-out and you will be prompted to retire your password when you log in or when you are already logged in and using the NCBI website.
- In late fall, the wizard will be mandatory. You will not be able to access your My NCBI account without retiring your password.
- In June 2022, all remaining active My NCBI passwords will be retired and people who do not have 3rd-party logins linked to their accounts will not be able to log in without going through a process to recover access.
As always, we’re here to help! If you have any questions, check out NCBI’s FAQ page, the login transition tips page, or email NCBI for more information.
I keep getting an error message when I try to link my login.gov account.
Let’s make it more difficult to sign in. I already have so many GOV’T linked accounts that I don’t know which end is up. I log into the VA and there are 5 or more GOV’T verified choices, it’s ridiculous. And now you are doing the same.
I can not use my 3rd party accounts to login
Please write to help desk at info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Someone there can can assist you with logging in.
Why use pirates like google and facebook as 3rd party logins? I don’t want those parasites using my ncbi searches as well as everything else.
And why are you worried about regular people using your pages?
I am disappointed because I use this site for my studies, and now I am having great difficulty in getting quality documents to complete my assignments.
You can still access your account. Nothing has changed except how you login. Please write to our help desk (info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) if you need help.
Really frustrated as all my trials to get access (log in) to the page . I want to submit my gene sequence analysis results as soon as possible. Because of the log in issue my research results submissions are pending for last three months
Hello. I’m sorry you are having trouble. Please reach out to our help desk so we can assist you:
https://support.nlm.nih.gov/support/create-case/