Yahoo Account Recovery

Author: John Williams

Recover your Yahoo password using security questions

Those who have not added any recovery information, such as a mobile phone number or secondary email address, to their Yahoo account or do not have access to it, may be left wondering "how to recover Yahoo account without phone number ". If you have the same concern, you will find the answer here. Here's how you can reset your Yahoo password without an alternate email or phone number with the help of the security questions you set when creating the account.

To use the security questions to complete the Yahoo mail recovery process, it is mandatory that you have selected this option at the beginning while creating your account; otherwise, you will find this option during the Yahoo mail recovery process.

  1. Go to the Yahoo Login Wizard and when you get to the Password section, click on "Forgot Password".
  2. From the available recovery options, click on the one that says "Use my secret questions" and click "Next".
  3. Enter the correct answers to your security questions and once you have finished entering all the correct answers to the security questions, you will be prompted to enter a new password.
  4. Enter the new password and click "Next" to finish the Yahoo password recovery process.

So now if you can't log into Yahoo Mail, you know how to recover Yahoo Mail by resetting your password.

Change Yahoo password

There may be times when you simply want to change your Yahoo account password to restrict illegal access, or if you have concerns that someone is violating the privacy of your account. Whatever happens, if you want to change your Yahoo Mail password, you can simply do so using the information provided below.

Change Yahoo password on desktop

To change the Yahoo mail password on your desktop device, follow the steps given:

  1. Login to your Yahoo! account with username and password.
  2. Once you have logged in, click on your profile name and then click on "Account Information".
  3. Then, in the left column, click on "Account Security".
  4. Re-verify your account by entering the password again.
  5. In the "Account security" section, the first option is "Change password"; click on that.
  6. Now, you can set a new password for your Yahoo account, you have to enter it twice and then click "Continue" to finally change the password.

Change Yahoo password on mobile

To change the password for Yahoo Mail on your mobile device, here are the steps to follow:

  1. Go to the Yahoo Mail website on your mobile and log into your Yahoo account.
  2. Click the menu icon in the upper right corner.
  3. Then in the menu, scroll down and click on "Options".
  4. Go to the "Account Security" page and click "Change Password".
  5. Now you can enter a new password for your account and type it twice to confirm.

Here's how to change your Yahoo password and once you are done with the process, you can simply log into Yahoo mail with the new password.