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Adobe Acrobat uses the term "digital ID" for digital certificate.

Change your Digital ID Password


In Acrobat, select Edit > Preferences


In the Preferences window, select Signatures > Identities and Trusted Certificates > More

Preferences

In the dialog box displayed, select Digital ID Files and with a single click highlight the filename for which you want to change the password

In most case there will only be a single filename with your name displayed with a .pfx extension.

Change Password button

Click Change Password


Enter your current password and your new password

Change Digital ID File Password

Click OK to confirm

You can set your preferences to permit the signing of more than one electronic form without entering your password each time. Click Password Timeout to select the password entry option, i.e., Always / After (timeout after specified interval) / Never / Once per session.

Password Timeout Policy