Update Your Aadhaar Address Online in 2026: A Working Guide

If your Aadhaar still carries the address of a house you left three jobs ago, 2026 is a good year to fix it. The catch most people miss is that not everything can be done from your sofa, and the fees and deadlines around it have quietly shifted again. Knowing exactly what you can update your Aadhaar address online for — and what still drags you to a counter — saves a wasted afternoon and a rejected request.

Here is the practical version, with the current rules as they stand in mid-2026, the real costs, and the steps in the order you will actually click them.

The one deadline worth circling

UIDAI has extended the window for free online document updates again. Through an office memorandum dated 13 May 2026, the facility that lets you refresh your proof of identity and proof of address documents on the myAadhaar portal at no cost now runs until 14 June 2027.

This is the third such extension, and it matters most for anyone whose Aadhaar is more than a decade old. UIDAI keeps nudging long-time holders to revalidate their documents, partly to keep its database clean and partly because stale records cause silent failures — a mismatched address can trip up a bank KYC or a passport application long after you have forgotten about it.

Two things to keep straight. First, the freebie applies only on the myAadhaar portal. Walk into a centre for the same job and you pay ₹75. Second, "document update" means uploading valid identity and address proofs to refresh your file; it is the same online flow you use to change your address.

What you can actually do online — and what you can't

This is where most confusion lives. The online route is narrower than the ads suggest.

• Address — fully online. Upload a fresh proof of address and you are done.
• Identity and address documents — fully online, free until 14 June 2027.
• Name, date of birth, gender — centre only. These cannot be corrected through the website.
• Mobile number and email — centre only for the mobile number, since the entire online system runs on an OTP to your existing registered number.
• Biometrics (fingerprints, iris, photo) — centre only, by definition.

So if your name is misspelt or your birth year is wrong, no amount of clicking will fix it. You need an Aadhaar Seva Kendra. And tread carefully here: date of birth and gender can each be changed only once in your lifetime, and your name only twice. Burn those chances on a typo and a genuine future correction becomes a slow, document-heavy appeal to a UIDAI regional office, decided case by case. Check every field before you submit.

Step by step: changing your address on myAadhaar

You need two things before you start — your Aadhaar number and access to the mobile number linked to it. If that number is dead or has changed, stop here and visit a centre first.

1. Open the official myAadhaar portal in a browser. Click Login, enter your 12-digit Aadhaar number and the captcha.
2. Choose Login with OTP, then type the one-time password sent to your registered mobile.
3. On the dashboard, pick the document or address update option. To change the address itself, select Address as the field to update.
4. Enter your new address exactly as it appears on your proof. Match spellings, abbreviations and PIN code to the document — mismatches are the single biggest reason updates bounce.
5. Upload one valid proof of address as a clear scan or photo (PDF, JPEG or PNG, within the size limit shown on screen).
6. Preview everything. Read it twice. Confirm and submit.
7. You will receive a 14-digit Service Request Number (SRN), shown on screen and by SMS. Save it or download the acknowledgement.

That SRN is your tracking handle. Use the "check status" option on the same portal to follow the request. Most go through in days; UIDAI allows itself up to 90 days, so do not panic if it lingers.

What counts as valid proof

UIDAI publishes a long list, but the documents people reach for most often are these:

• Passport — works as both identity and address proof.
• Voter ID (EPIC card).
• Driving licence.
• Ration card.
• A recent utility bill — electricity, water, gas or landline — usually within the last few months.
• Bank passbook or statement with your address.

The document must clearly show your name and the current residential address you want on record. A bill in a landlord's name won't do unless your name appears on it. If you have moved in with family and nothing is in your name, UIDAI also accepts an address validation letter flow, where a head of family with valid proof vouches for you — though that path runs through a centre.

The fee chart nobody hands you

Costs changed on 1 October 2025, when the standard ₹50 charge rose to ₹75. Here is the current shape of it:

• Online document update (PoI/PoA) on myAadhaar — free until 14 June 2027.
• Document or demographic update at a centre — ₹75.
• Biometric update (fingerprint, iris, photo) — ₹125.
• Demographic plus biometric together at a centre — the demographic part is free when bundled with a biometric update.
• Mandatory biometric update for children aged 7 to 15 — free until 30 September 2026.

One figure floating around online — a ₹25 online fee after the deadline — appears to be outdated reporting from before the latest extension. As things stand, the online document update is simply free through June 2027; treat any post-deadline price as unconfirmed until UIDAI says otherwise.

The new Aadhaar app, and why mAadhaar is fading

If you have used the old mAadhaar app, expect it to disappear. In May 2026 UIDAI launched a new Aadhaar app and said the older one will be retired. The replacement leans on face authentication and QR-based sharing, so you can show only the details a hotel or hospital actually needs instead of handing over your full Aadhaar.

The app also lets you lock and unlock your biometrics — fingerprint, iris and face — directly, which is a genuinely useful guard against the cloned-fingerprint frauds that have hit some account holders. UIDAI reported well over 20 million downloads within three months, so adoption is moving fast. For document and address updates, though, the myAadhaar website remains the main free route; the app is built more for verification and sharing than for editing your record.

A few habits that prevent rejected requests

Updates fail for boring reasons. Spend two minutes on these and you usually avoid a second round.

• Photograph the document flat and well-lit. Blurry corners and glare get bounced.
• Match the address character for character with your proof. "Apartment" versus "Apt", a missing PIN digit, a different spelling of your locality — all of it counts.
• Use one strong proof rather than a weak combination.
• Keep your mobile number live. Everything hinges on that OTP.
• Download the acknowledgement with the SRN. Without it, you have nothing to chase.

The broader point is simple. Aadhaar is now wired into banking, taxes, pensions, SIM cards and travel, so a wrong address is not a cosmetic problem — it is a quiet liability that surfaces at the worst moment. The free online window through 14 June 2027 is the cheapest, fastest chance to put it right. Use it before you actually need it to work.