If you want to reset your Yahoo account password, a phone number or a recovery email address is required.If you don’t remember your Yahoo Mail password and you want to recover your Yahoo account, you have 2 options to recover your Yahoo Mail. One is by receiving a Yahoo Account key by text message on your phone number and the second option is your recovery email id. If you can access one from both of them, then you can easily get your Yahoo Mail account back. Yahoo! Never send you a self-generated password; you will get a password reset link or OTP on your email or mobile number.
Reset your Yahoo Mail Password
To reset Yahoo Mail Password, go to the Yahoo Sign in Helper
page and complete the verification process.
- Go to the Yahoo Sign in helper page and click Trouble signing in? The link that is available below the password field on Yahoo sign-in page
- Now, enter Yahoo Email address or phone number to log in
Note: Enter your email address with @yahoo.com
- Now, click on continue
Verify Your Account By Sending Code on Your Phone
If you have a phone number associated with your Yahoo
account on which you can get a text message, Yahoo will send you an Account key
for your Yahoo account verification.
- To send the Yahoo account key by text message, select yes, send me Account key.
Note: If you don’t have access to your phone number or you are
unable to access text message on your number, then click on I don’t have access to this phone. Choose
the second option of your alternate email id.
- Yahoo sent you Account key on your phone number or your Email address, which you have chosen. Wait for a couple of minutes to access your Yahoo account key.
- After receiving the account key, put Yahoo account in the verification tab.
- Click on verify.
Verify Yahoo account with your alternate Email address
If you choose email option to verify your account identity,
you will receive a Yahoo Account key on your email address. Follow the give
steps to verify your account via email.
- Click on Yes, send me an Account key.
Note: If you can’t receive mail on your address, Click on I don’t have access to this email.
- Enter Yahoo Account keys which you receive on your email address.
- Select, verify.
Once, you have successfully
recovered your Yahoo account; reset Yahoo Password to protect your Yahoo
account from hackers.
No Mobile Phone Access or Secondary Email Address
If you don’t have access to your email address or your phone
number, you will not able to recover your Yahoo Email account by following this
method. You have to take help from a Yahoo expert technician, they will help you
to recover yahoo account or also help you to change Yahoo Password.