In Outlook 365 - How do I change password for my email account with third party provider - you have removed password field from account settings "change" screen ??

I use Office 365 .. and Outlook to manage three email accounts with different third party service providers (different servers) … neither of which is outlook mail  … I have changed my email account password with these vendors .... and cant seem to change the server password in outlook in the same way as before.

In previous outlook versions I could change the server account password by editing a field on the change window (via account settings) -  as illustrated in your helpful tip here > (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Change-or-update-your-email-password-58b62e89-6a9b-467b-8865-d5633fcacc3f#bkmk_outlookpwd)

Problem is - you've taken this field away in your new look less functional change window - in outlook 365 ….. WHY ?????

Can you please advise how I change my email accounts' server passwords …. without deleting the account and re-establishing a new email account … which I anticipate will mean in this reset process that I lose all emails from that account which are not held by my service provider on their server  … which as you can appreciate will be approximately 90 days.

Why would you make such a bonkers upgrade in 365 - its a downgrade - reducing flexibility and wasting all of our time …. I noticed that your answers to some similar enquiries demonstrated a similar lack of proficiency on your part … not a poorly specified question on the part of the enquirer... poor form Microsoft

Can I have a clear and precise answer please which works.

Thank you.

Within MS Outlook, File>Account Settings>Manage Profiles

Or

With OL closed via the mail applet in the Control Panel>Email accounts

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Hi:
You could update your password from Outlook directly:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/change...

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Can you please advise how I change my email accounts' server passwords …. without deleting the account and re-establishing a new email account
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Two ways to get to the exact same place in terms of getting to the old Settings UI

#1 - From within Outlook
File --> Account Settings --> Manage Profiles --> Email Accounts button --> select email account --> click on <Change>

#2 - With Outlook closed
Open the Control Panel <Mail> app --> Email Accounts button --> select email account --> click on <Change>
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