---
title: Exclude passwords through password policies on your instance
description: Add passwords to the Excluded Password table to prohibit specific passwords from being used by users on your instance.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-security/authentication/blacklist-passwords.html
release: australia
product: Authentication
classification: authentication
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configure your password policy, Password complexity requirements, Local authentication, Authentication, Access Management]
---

# Exclude passwords through password policies on your instance

Add passwords to the Excluded Password table to prohibit specific passwords from being used by users on your instance.

## Before you begin

Role required: password\_policy\_admin

## About this task

You can ban as many passwords as necessary. Some of the examples are as follows:

-   Predictable and repeating sequences, such as "123456", "qwerty", "!@\#$%^", "aaaaa", and so on.
-   Employee name or user names.
-   Relevant brand or product names.
-   Locations, such as a company headquarters, city, country, and so on.
-   Company-specific internal terms or abbreviations.
-   Emojis.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Password Policy** > **Excluded Passwords**.

2.  To add a password to your exclude list, click **New** and enter the password.

3.  Navigate to **Password Policy** > **Exclusion List Management** to govern your users' password and prevent users from using bad password for the instance.

    The **Exclusion List Management** has about 5000 commonly used passwords.