Changing your password each month is a great practice.

Changing you Yahoo Mail password can protect you from data breaches. It’s a good idea to change your Yahoo Mail password in every few months. This keeps you ahead of the curve and put your personal information, emails at minimal risk. So, here are the steps you can follow to change your Yahoo mail password.

Steps to Change Your Yahoo Mail Password

1. Login to your Yahoo Mail account as you would typically do.
   
2. Click on your username at the top right corner of your homepage. A drop-down menu will appear containing your name, email address and Account info. Click Account info.
   
3. This will redirect you to setting page of Yahoo Mail. You will see Personal Info, Account Security, Recent Activity, Preferences, and help on your left sidebar and a dashboard in the middle of your screen.
4. Click on Account Security; you might need to verify by re-login to your Yahoo Mail account.
   
5. Now Account Security page will open in your dashboard containing a link called Change Password on How you sign in the menu. Click on Change Password.
6. A new page will open on your screen through which you can change your password.
   Now set a new password for your Yahoo Mail.
   
   To make your password strong use different characters, upper case, lower case, numbers, and symbols. For Example “[email protected]()rD!” is a great password option. Be creative and create your own password which no one would ever guess.
   You will be required to enter the same password twice to conforming new password.
7. Click Continue to change the password. Now you will be redirected to a new page to add recovery email and phone number.
   
   If you forgot your password and got locked out, you can recover your yahoo mail password using your recovery email or your phone number.
   If you haven’t set up your recovery account add Yahoo Mail recovery account.
8. Now click on Looks good, and you will be redirected to your Account Security.
   If you have any other device that has your Yahoo Mail Account logged in, you will need to re-login with your new Yahoo Mail password.

   

That’s it; you have successfully changed your Yahoo Mail Password. Make sure that you save your password in any password manager software, or use whatever other methods to remember your password. Since it can sometimes be difficult to regain access to your Yahoo Mail account if you forgot your new password.

How to change yahoo password on Android?

You can also change the yahoo password from your mobile phone too. If you have installed Yahoo Mail App on your phone, then you can change your Yahoo Password from your mobile with few taps. Here is the step to change/update your Yahoo Mail password on your Android Device using Yahoo Mail App.

1.  First, open the Yahoo Mail Application installed on your device. If you don’t have Yahoo Mail installed, then you can install it from the Google Play store.
2. Tap on the Yahoo icon located on the top right of the screen. It will expand the navigation menu.
3. Tap on the Manage accounts option from the navigation menu. Manage Accounts section will open.
4. Tap on Account Info option from Manage Accounts section. Account Info section will open.
5. From the Account Info section, tap on the Security Setting option. The application will ask you to enter your device PIN/pattern/fingerprint to continue. Enter the valid data. You will be redirected to the Account Security Section.
6. Tap on Change Password option from the Account Security Section.
   Note: You will not see the Change password option if your account has a Yahoo Account key setup. You need to disable the Yahoo Account key first to change the password.
7. After you clicked Change password, Yahoo App may show you a Pop up saying “Use Yahoo Account Key,” ignore it and tap on “I would rather change my password” text on the bottom of the screen. It will redirect you to Set a new password section.
8. Enter your desired password on New password and Confirm new password input field and click Continue. Note: If you want to make your new password strong, then check our section “How to Create a strong password?“
9. Congratulation, you have successfully changed the Yahoo Mail password using your Android Phone.

How to Change Yahoo Password on iPhone?

Yahoo has launched Yahoo Mail Application both for Android and iPhone. For the ease of use when users switch from Android to iPhone or vice versa, Yahoo has made the Appearance of application on both Android and iPhone very similar. Due to which the steps we follow are also always almost the same. Hence, steps to change yahoo password on the iPhone are the same as for Android. To change yahoo password on iPhone, follow the steps from the section “How to change yahoo password on Android?” of the article.

How to Create a strong password?

Do you want to make your account more secure? Then the first thing you need to do is set a strong password. Accounts with weak passwords are vulnerable to an attack like a Dictionary attack. Here are some tips for choosing a strong password for your email account.

• Use unique words that are not common – A lot of people use a very simple and common word like “password.” Please don’t use such words that can be easily guessed.
• Password length: Usually, having more than ten letters on a password is considered safe. It’s simple math; longer the password safer the password is.
• Don’t use your info as password – You must avoid using your personal information like your name, DOB(Date Of Birth), phone number, etc. as a password. Anyone close to you can easily guess that.
• Don’t use the same password for every Account – If you use the same password for every account, then the chances of your account getting hacked multiplies by the number of the account you have. When one account gets compromised, there is a chance another account will be compromised too.
• Use special characters and numbers – It’s best practice to insert some special characters ([email protected]#$%^*) or some digits(1234567890) to your password.
• Avoid sequence of characters on your password – Sequence character means characters that are on a specific pattern. e.g., 12345, QWERTY, etc. Don’t use such a pattern on your password.

How to reset my yahoo password without an alternate email or phone number?

If you don’t know your current password, then you can reset your Yahoo password using an alternate email. If you haven’t set your alternate email or don’t have access to an alternate email, then you can reset your Yahoo password using your phone number. If, by chance, you don’t have access to your phone number or haven’t set your phone number, then you can recover your account using Secret Security Questions. If you don’t remember Secret Security Questions answer, then there is only one option left. You have to contact Yahoo Customer Support. For more detail on this topic, check our article “How to Recover Yahoo Password.“

To secure our Ymail account, we need to change our mail password quite often. I change my Yahoo Mail password once in two months. And sometimes we forget our password. If you have access to the phone number associated with the Ymail account there is no problem; you can reset Yahoo Mail password using a phone number. And if don’t have access to the phone number, then you are in trouble. So, to get away with this trouble, we can add a recovery email account to the Ymail account. You can use your recovery email to reset the Yahoo Mail password. Here in this article, I am going to guide you on how to add or remove recovery email account on Yahoo Mail.

Without any due let’s move on to the steps to add a recovery account to the ymail account and remove the ymail account.

How to Add or Remove Recovery Email Account on Yahoo Mail

Add Recovery Account to Ymail Account

1. Go to yahoo.com and Sign in to your account.
   
2. On the top right corner of your screen, you will see your name. Click it.
3. A drop-down menu will appear containing your email addresses, name and Account Info. Click on Account info.
   
4. Your setting page will open on your window containing Personal info, Account Security, Preferences
   To change your personal detail click on the Personal Info tab and click edit on your toolbar. After editing click Done.
   To check your recent activities click on the Recent Activity tab, this will render all your activities from different devices you signed in.
5. To Add the recovery email address, go to the Account Security tab on your left sidebar. You will see new information rendered to your dashboard. You can change your password from this page.
   
6. Now, click on Add recovery email address on your dashboard. The following information will render on your screen to add a recovery email address.
   
7. Now type the email address you want to use for verification if you forgot your Yahoo Mail email address.
8. Click on Send verification email to add your recovery email address. Note that the email address you just entered is not yet verified.
   
   Yahoo Mail will send a verification code to your recovery account which you need to confirm that you have access to that account.
9. Login to your recovery account, you will see a verification message in your inbox sent by Yahoo Mail.
   
10. Read the message and click, click here to verify your account.

11. Now go to your Ymail account Security page and refresh the page.
12. Now click on Email Addresses you will see your account has been verified.
    
    You can add multiple recovery addresses to your Ymail account so that if you ever forget your password and don’t have access to your phone number linked to this account, you can recover your email address with the help of these recovery email addresses.

Sometimes you can do mistakes adding a recovery email address, you missed some characters from that email address or entered a wrong email address. It’s also possible that you don’t have access to the recovery account you added previously, or you just got divorced, and you need to remove your partners’ account from the account recovery list. If your email address is verified from the wrong email address you entered, your account might get hacked and even lose your email address. So you need to remove the recovery email account. Here is a guide to delete an account from your account recovery list.

Remove Recovery Account from Ymail Account

1. Login to your Ymail account and go to Account information clicking on your name on the top right corner of your homepage.
2. Click on the Account Security tab from the left sidebar.
3. Click on the Email addresses tab from your dashboard that you used to add a recovery email address.
4. A Dialogue box containing information about email addresses you added to your recovery list will appear.
   
5. There is a Bin Icon beside each address, click on the bin icon to delete that particular email address from your recovery list.
6. Done, your Yahoo Mail recovery account is removed from your list.

How to Add or Remove Recovery Phone Number on Yahoo Mail

Add Recovery Phone Number to Yahoo mail Account

1. Sign in to yahoo.com with your correct credentials.
2. Click on the Profile icon from the top-right menu item.
3. The profile drop-down menu gets triggered. Select Account Info option. Yahoo redirects you to an Account info page with the Personal Info section preselected.
4. Select Account Security tab from the left sidebar. Account Security windows get opened.
   [Note: Yahoo may ask you to again validate your credentials by asking you to enter your email and password. Please enter your correct credential to proceed further, if yahoo asks for credentials.]
5. Click on Add recovery phone number option from Account Security Page. The new window will appear.
   
   
6. Enter your Recovery Phone Number and click Add button.
7. After you click Add, Yahoo Server will send five-digit verification code to that number. 
8. Enter that five-digit verification code. If the code matches, Yahoo will automatically verify your phone number, and Yahoo will set the Recovery Phone number to the number you choose. If the code is incorrect yahoo won’t verify that phone number, and you cannot add that number as the Recovery Phone number. If such a case occurs, you can Resend Code option to get the code again.

If you lost your number or decided to switch to a new mobile number, then you can always delete the old number from the Recovery Phone Number list from yahoo. It’s very easy and is very similar to Adding Recovery Phone number. If you want to remove the Recovery Phone Number from Yahoo, the steps are mentioned below.

Remove Recovery Phone Number from Yahoo mail Account

1. 1. Login to your Ymail account with correct credentials and click on the profile icon from the top-left location of your page.
   2. From the Profile menu, click Account info option. It will lead you to the Account info page.
   3. Click on the Account Security tab from the left sidebar. Yahoo may ask you to reenter your yahoo credentials.
   4. Click on the Phone numbers section from your dashboard.
   5. A Dialogue box will appear. It contains the information of all the recovery email address and recovery containing information about email addresses and phone numbers you added to your recovery list.
   6. From the list, click on the Pencil Icon on the left of the phone number you want to delete. Edit recovery phone number dialog box will appear.
      
      
   7. From the dialog, box click Remove from my account option.
   8. Popup alert will appear, saying, “Remove this mobile number.” Click on Remove mobile number button.
   9. Your recovery phone number is removed from your recovery list.

This is how you can add or remove recovery email account or recovery phone number on Yahoo Mail. If you don’t want the hassle of remembering the password then you can use Yahoo Account Key to log in to your Yahoo Account. This way you can log in to your Yahoo with just a click on your mobile device. Here is the full article on how to setup Yahoo Account Key.

Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]

How to change phone number in yahoo mail verification?

We often get this question a lot. If you are looking to change the Recovery phone number, then follow two steps:

1. Step 1: Follow the steps mentioned on heading “Remove Recovery Phone Number from Yahoo mail Account.” This will let you remove your older phone number that you no longer use.
2. Step 2: Follow the steps mentioned on heading “Add Recovery Phone Number to Yahoo mail Account.” This will let you add the new phone number that you want to set as the Recovery Phone number.
   Note: If you want both numbers to existing, then just follow this step number two.

But if you are looking forward to changing the number used on your Two-Factor verification in Yahoo Mail, then the article “How to Enable Two-Factor Verification in Yahoo Mail” can help you.

Can I make yahoo mail password recovery without phone number and email?

Yes, you can. The chronological order for password recovery based on easiness is

1. Recovery using Email Address
2. Recovery using Phone Number
3. Recovery using Secret Security Question
4. Contact yahoo customer care

Since you don’t have access to Recovery Email and Phone Number. There are two alternatives left: Recovery using Secret Security Question or Contact yahoo customer care.

If you remember the answer to your Secret Security Question, then choosing that option is also very easy. 

1. Just go to the yahoo login page. 
2. Enter your username and click next. 
3. Click on Forgot Password link, Recover your account modal will appear. 
4. From the modal, click, I need further help.
5. Answer the security questions, and you can reset the password.

But if you haven’t set up your security questions or forgot answers, then you don’t have another choice than contacting Yahoo Customer Care. The chance of getting your Yahoo mail password recovered from Yahoo Customer Care is very minimum.

For further detail, check this article on “How to Recover Yahoo Password Without Phone Number and Alternate Email.”