How to Recover Yahoo Password ?

Recover Yahoo Forgotten Password With the Help of your phone number or email address ? Fix here

Just go to the sign-in helper page of Yahoo.

Enter your mobile number or email address that you registered while creating your Yahoo account.

Now, click on Continue.

Now, you will be prompted to enter the CAPTCHA code. So, enter the CAPTCHA code.

If you are able to receive a message on your contact number, then click on Yes to receive your Account key. If you have access to the email address, then you can click on Yes to receive the Account key.

As per the option, you have selected, you will receive Account key on your email or your mobile number.

Enter this Account key in the field provided there and, then click on Verify.

Now click on create a new password as given below in the image.

Now, enter the new password and confirm it.

Finally, click on Continue.

Second Method of Recovering Yahoo Mail Password With Phone Number

1.) On your computer web browser, open the Yahoo Sign-in Page.

2.) Enter your email address in the text field and click on the “Next” button.

3.) Next, you will need to enter your password, however as you have forgotten your Yahoo Mail password; you will need to click on the “I forgot my password” link located below the Sign in button.

4.) On the next screen, you will be given one of the account recovery options (Phone number or Email Address).

NOTE: As you wish to recover your account using phone number, you will need to click on the option “I don’t have access to this email address” if you are prompted to enter your email address for the recovery of your account.

5.) When you see your partially visible phone number (account recovery option) on the screen, click on the “Yes, text me an Account Key” button. Yahoo will send an “Account Key” to this phone number. Enter the Account Key which you receive on the subsequent screen.

5.) After entering the Account Key on the next screen, you will need to click on the Verify button.

6.) Once the Account Key gets verified successfully, you will be taken to the next screen where you will be given following two options – Continue and Create a new password.

7.) Click on Continue button if you want to directly access your Yahoo account. However, if you wish to reset the password for your account, click on the option – “Create a new password”. This will direct you to the “Password Reset” page.

8.) Enter the “New Password” in the prompted fields on the next screen and click on the “Continue” button. The password for your Yahoo Mail account will be changed straight away.

9.) Review the information if you are asked to review your account recovery settings.

10.) Once you have reviewed your account and have made changes accordingly, click on the “Looks good” button. You will be taken to your Yahoo Mail account.

Recover Yahoo Mail Forgotten Password With the Help of secret questions

If you have secret question answer, then you can easily proceed further on Sign-in helper page to recover the password. So, let’s have a look at the procedure:

First, move to the Yahoo contact page and choose option Password and sign in.

Now, below sub-topic two, choose your Forgot password. Here, under the “Recommended option”, you need to enter your email address and then click on Submit.

Now, click on Next.

Enter the CAPTCHA code as shown there.

Choose the option Use my secret questions and then click Next.

Enter the required answers for your security questions.

If answer entered is correct, then you will be prompted to enter the new password.

Just enter the new password and, then click on Next to complete the process of password recovery.

If you have forgotten the secret question, then you need to follow the steps as shown below:

Just move towards the password helper.

Enter your email address.

Now, click on No when you don’t receive the text.

Enter your alternative email address.

If you have access to this alternative email address then you need to click on Yes to text you.

Now, you will find the recovered access to your yahoo account through your alternative email address.

Enter the verification code you received on your alternative email address and, then click on Submit.

Now you can create a new password and could update it.

Finally, click on Continue to finish.

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