Add a custom header or footer to the user pages for Password Reset

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read customize-user-reset-pages.md
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You can specify UI macros that add a header or footer to the pages that end users work in while resetting a password (the Identify, Verify, and Reset pages).

Before you begin

Role required: password_reset_admin

About this task

[Omitted image "header-footer-enduser-pages.png"] Alt text: Example custom header and footer on the password reset pages

Procedure

  1. Configure a UI macro for the header or footer: Navigate to All > System UI > UI Macros, click New, and then enter a meaningful Name and Description.

  2. In the XML text box, enter the macro text.

    The example macro adds the text "Trust Acme to Deliver!" to the footer of the page that users work in while resetting a password.

    [Omitted image "header-footer-macro-DOC45847.png"] Alt text: XML macro code for a custom footer

  3. Select the Active check box and then click Submit.

  4. Navigate to Password Reset > Processes and select the process to update.

  5. On the Advanced tab, click ([Omitted image "look-up-in-list-button.png"] Alt text: magnifying glass icon) for the Header UI macro or Footer UI macro and select the macro that you created.

  6. Click Save.

  7. Verify the appearance of the end-user pages.

If the reset pages are Public Access

On the Password Reset Details tab, click the Public URL.

If the reset pages are not Public Access

Log in as an end user and request password reset.

**Parent Topic:**[Customizing Password Reset processes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/password-reset/customizing-password-reset.md)
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