JEE Main 2027 Login: Forgot Password and Application Number

The JEE Main portal gives each candidate an application number when they complete the first registration step, and the candidate sets a password at the same time. From then on, the application number plus password is the key to everything: resuming the form, paying the fee, downloading the confirmation page, using the correction window, and later downloading the city intimation slip and admit card.

As of mid-October 2026, JEE Main 2027 registration has not opened and NTA has not released the bulletin. Password and reset rules below come from the JEE Main 2026 Information Bulletin and should be treated as a guide until the 2027 bulletin appears. The official address is jeemain.nta.nic.in (NTA's main site is nta.ac.in); always reach the portal by typing the address yourself or following links from the NTA site.

Registration itself is explained in our step-by-step form guide, where saving your credentials is step 3.

1. On the login page, click the Forgot Password link.
2. Choose a method. The 2026 Bulletin lists three: the security question and answer you chose while filling the form, a verification code sent by SMS to your registered mobile number, or a reset link emailed to your registered address.
3. Follow the screen for the method you chose: answer the question, enter the SMS code, or open the email link.
4. Set a new password that meets the policy (8 to 13 characters with upper case, lower case, a number and a special character from !@#$%^&*-), then log in with it.

The security question answer is the item candidates forget most often. Write it down at registration, exactly as typed, including spelling. If the answer is case or spelling sensitive and you do not recall it, use the OTP or email route instead.

If the registered mobile number is out of use, the OTP route will not work. This is the main reason to register with a number that will remain active until results and counselling are complete. The 2026 correction notices listed mobile number and email address among the fields candidates could NOT change, so treat these two as permanent and ask via the helpline and grievance route.

Before using the recovery tool, spend two minutes searching. The number is usually in the registration email or SMS, in the downloaded confirmation page, and in any printout you took. Search your inbox for NTA or JEE Main, and check the spam folder.

1. Search your registered email (including spam) and SMS inbox for messages from NTA or the portal sent at registration.
2. Open the confirmation page PDF or printout, if you got that far; the Information Bulletin says the application number is printed on it.
3. Check the exam city intimation slip, admit card or any NTA email, which carry the number.
4. If none of these work, email jeemain@nta.ac.in or call 011-40759000 or 011-69227700. The bulletin advises that official queries should preferably be sent by email with the name, application number, postal address and contact number, and that vague or anonymous queries are not entertained, so give every identifying detail you can.

Some aggregator sites describe a self-service Forgot Application Number tool on the 2026 login page. We could not verify this in the Bulletin, FAQs or public notices, so use it only if you see it on the official page, and enter your name and parents' names exactly as in the form.

The 2026 Information Bulletin describes Step 1 as the Registration Form, where the candidate provides required details, creates a password and chooses a security question with its answer. After the personal details are submitted, an Application Number is generated. It is used to complete the remaining steps and for all future reference and correspondence. It was used for both Sessions of JEE (Main) 2026, so a Session 1 applicant logged in with the same number and password for Session 2.

A working login matters at every later stage. In 2026 NTA public notices told candidates to download the exam city intimation slip using their login credentials, and the correction window in each session was announced as a short, one-time facility with fields listed in an annexure. Details of the 2026 windows are on our correction window page.