July 12, 2024 •By Dawn Bystry, Associate Commissioner, Office of Strategic and Digital Communications
Reading Time: 2 MinutesLast Updated:July 12, 2024
We’re making changes to the way you access Social Security’s online services, including your personal my Social Security account. The changes will simplify your sign-in experience and align with federal authentication standards. At the same time, we’re continuing to provide safe and secure access to our online services.
If you created your my Social Security account before September 18, 2021, you will still be able to use your username and password to sign in. However, you will not be able to do so for much longer.
In the near future, all users will need to have an account with one of our two Credential Service Providers (CSP) – Login.gov or ID.me – to access your personal mySocial Securityaccount and other online services.
To learn more, read our press release. If you have an existing Login.gov or ID.me account, you do NOT need to create a new one. And, if you can access your personal my Social Security account through Login.gov or ID.me, you don’t need to take any action.
If you don’t have a Login.gov account
To avoid any disruptions in accessing Social Security’s online services you may want to transition your account now by signing in with your Social Security username. Our online instructions will guide you through the process of creating a new account with Login.gov. Once you successfully link your personal my Social Security account with your new Login.gov account, you’ll get a confirmation screen and have immediate access to our online services. In the future, you’ll sign in to your account with Login.gov and not your Social Security username.
Login.gov offers 24/7 customer phone and chat support to answer your questions.
We encourage you to make the transition to Login.gov or ID.me now before the username option goes away later this year.
You’ll find more helpful information here.
Please share these important upcoming changes with your family members, friends, and colleagues.
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Dawn Bystry, Associate Commissioner, Office of Strategic and Digital Communications
Deputy Associate Commissioner, Office of Strategic and Digital Communications
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Mario E.
I always wonder about the improvement in the system it is not friendly, very confuse and hard to follow up. Please stop wasting money.
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Rosalie
So true!
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Gin
What about people who don’t use computers? I have neighbors who don’t. And this is going to confuse the very elderly and people with fragile health. I rarely even look at my account or use any other gov’t site.
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Harvey F.
This sucks
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Kevin S.
Hey SS admin, ever heard the phrase “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” Why can’t you just leave it alone its been working fine.
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Lenora P.
Agree completely. “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. Absolutely no need for this. Wasteful. Confusing. Unnecessary!
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janet
Why the need for this change??? So complicated and
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Larry K.
Hardly an improvement. Now instead of click click with saved password and copy post a simple code I have to go through all kinds of posting and consult a list of codes that I then write down and TRY to enter correctly. Few more years and a few more brain cells die it may be impossible. I’m 76 but how do old people cope with this? 😉
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Jim
Voice activation…
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JPP
This is such BS. Instead of wasting money on stuff like this how about helping seniors that need help. And how about you stop the politicians from stealing our money and giving it to illegals!
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Larry S.
This is a mess, what 12 year old came up with all this garbage.
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Who ‘s kid needed a job, Trump was behind this, wanting to control everything.
Get real.
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Rick C.
What an ignorant comment. You come up with this by yourself?
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JT
Trump isn’t president.
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Dems are responsible!!!-
Tony
ReplyThe ID.me and Login.gov was created by the other agencies under Trump. It is just now being used by the SSA. A few billion dollars spent over the years to finally be able to use the system.
Now watch it crash due to too many people logging in at once. We seen this happen with unemployment.
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Joe
Biden, I think you got the names wrong again. Mr Trump had nothing to do with SS for the last four years.
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Linda F.
Trump had absolutely nothing to do with this change to the Social Security system. Biden is still President, remember? Pres. Trump invited farmers to the White House, listened to them and other business proprietors, while Biden does the bidding of China and took billions from them to ruin the USA.
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Tony
We need cheaper food prices at the grocery stores. These U.S. farmers are charging too much for food after getting billions in government subsidies. These farmers aren’t passing the savings on to us.
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Earl H.
It doesn’t amount to much more than changing a password & offers more online security. ID.me allows logging in to other government sites using the same credentials. Very doubtful Donald Trump has anything to do with this. Joe Biden has been in charge of the government for the past four years. Blame him.
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NORMA C.
MASS CONFUSION FOR AN OLD LADY WHY NOT LEAVE THINGS ALONE. YOU ARE REALLY HINDERING THINGS
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Edwin K.
I have been trying to get into IDme and Login.gov for around 2 years. No success. I am 84 years old,and I doubt it will be any easier for me now.
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Rosa
Photo or scan your id card…
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