How to Change the Password on a Craftsman Garage Door Keypad

Published: Nov 20, 2009
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read
  1. Climb the ladder so you can reach the garage door opener motor housing. The programming control panel is located on the motor housing.

  2. Press and hold the "Learn" button until the indicator light turns on and then off. This will erase all the stored passwords.

  3. Enter the garage door opener's programming mode by pressing and releasing the "Learn" button. The indicator light will turn on and stay lit for 30 seconds.

  4. Climb down the ladder and walk to the keypad on the outside of the garage.

  5. Create a new password by pressing four numbers of your choice on the keypad, followed by the "Enter" button. (The password must be exactly four numbers.) The safety light on the motor housing will blink once and the indicator light will turn off.

  6. Close the garage door and test the new password to make sure it works. If the code does not work, repeat Steps 1 through 5.

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Warnings

When erasing the old password, you also erase any remote controls that were paired to the garage door opener motor. You must reprogram the remote controls before they will work again.

William Pullman

William Pullman is a freelance writer from New Jersey. He has written for a variety of online and offline media publications, including "The Daily Journal," "Ocular Surgery News," "Endocrine Today," radio, blogs and other various Internet…

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