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Warning
titleYour official UWF email address is issued to you for the purposes of facilitating your business with the University, and is not a personal address.

Do not use it for such things as signing on to personal cloud services, paying bills or anything that would require access to the account after you are no longer a student or employee.

Step 1

Go to to my.uwf.edu and click 'Activate your account'.

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Step 2

Follow the directions given in the 'Activate your account' app "Activate Your Account" step requesting your personal information. 

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You will be asked to provide your last name and birth date to confirm your identity.

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Step 3

After confirming your identity we will locate your username to activate. If successful, click "Activate Account" to proceed to through the activation process (proceed to Step 4).

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titleIf more than one account is found for activation

In rare cases, multiple accounts may be available for activation. Select one and proceed to Step 4.

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If we cannot confirm your identity you will be allowed to review the information you provided in previous steps and try again. 

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Note
titleCommon reasons why your account is not found:
  • Compound Surnames: our records might contain part of your last name in other fields (e.g. the middle or first name)
  • Suffix In Last Name: if your last name includes a suffix (e.g., Jr., Sr., III), try entering it with your last name to locate your account
  • Incorrect Birth Date: our records might have an incorrect birth date due to human error during the registration process
  • Account Is Already Activated: Please try the account recovery wizard

In all cases, please call the ITS Help Desk at (850) 474‑2075 for further assistance activating your account.

Step 4

If you are a student, faculty/staff, applicant, or alumni, a prompt will require you to enter an external email address once you have reached the 'Email' step of the account activation.

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After this it will prompt you for a mobile number, which can be skipped if necessary 

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Other users will proceed to step 3Step 5. 

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5

Select one of the following password options when prompted:

  • 'Use a randomly generated system password'
  • 'Generate a new password'
  • 'Create my own password'
    • UWF requires that ArgoNet passwords abide by the following criteria:

      • From 14 to 20 characters in length.

      • Must start with a letter.

      • Have at least one integer (0 - 9) or one of the following special characters: !%^*

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6

If the account activation was successful, you will see the following advisory message.

Keep in mind that you will only see the red text advising you to enroll in 2-step verification if you are upgrading your account to an ArgoNet account. 

Note

After the account has been activated, be sure to follow the directions given carefully. Failing to do so may result in loss of account access access.


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If account activation fails, you will see one of the error screens shown below. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you encounter any issues during the activation process.

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