Yahoo Account Recovery: Decoding All Methods

Yahoo has been a part of the email world for so long. From working with email to getting the latest news, it can all be done through Yahoo. As an email service provider, it is used by millions of users from all over the world. What makes it so popular is; It is a user-friendly interface and security features.

Forgetting passwords is a very common scenario as it is not possible to remember all the passwords every time. If you no longer remember the correct password for your Yahoo account, don’t worry, Yahoo provides some easy methods to recover your password.

To perform the Yahoo password recovery process, you have two options:

One is by using the mobile number linked to your Yahoo account.
Another is by using the alternate email address added to your account.

Note: Yahoo does not send your lost password, you can only set a new one by verifying your identity.

Let’s start:

Reset password using mobile number

Go to the Yahoo Sign In Assistant page and click on the ‘Difficulty signing in’ option.

2. From the available recovery options, select the one that asks you to enter your phone number.

3. On the next page, your phone number will be displayed on the screen, click ‘Yes, text me a verification code’.

4. Fill in the code you received on your phone and press ‘Verify’.

5. You will see all your Yahoo email addresses linked to your phone number.

6. Click on the account for which you are recovering your password.

7. You will then see a message that you have successfully logged into your account.

8. After this, you can continue to use your account as is or set a new password. It is recommended that you set a new password immediately so that you are not locked out of your account again.

9. Enter a new password twice and press ‘Continue’.

10. In the next step, you can also update your Yahoo account recovery information, or if everything is up to date, click ‘Looks good’.

11. When you see the message ‘Your security settings have now been updated’, press ‘Ok, got it’.

It was about resetting yahoo password using mobile phone number. Now, let’s move on to the next method.

Reset password using a secondary email address

Go to the Yahoo Sign In Assistant page and click ‘Difficulty signing in’.
Enter the recovery email address associated with your Yahoo account.
Then select ‘Yes, send me a verification code’ when asked ‘Do you have access to this email’?
Sign in to your recovery email address to have Yahoo send you the code. Enter the code and click ‘Continue’.
Next, click on the Yahoo email address linked to your recovery email address.
You will receive a success message where you can continue using the account or create a new password for it.
If you don’t want to lose access to your account again, be sure to create a password before proceeding.

So this was all about what are the available options with which you can reset Yahoo password.

Note-

The above methods can also be applied in case your Yahoo account has been hacked and the password has been changed but the recovery information is still intact.

In case you don’t have access to the recovery information, um! You will not be able to go through Yahoo’s password recovery process.

Reactivate Yahoo account

Yahoo account reactivation should be done when you have deleted your account for any reason and want to recover it later. But Yahoo account can only be recovered if it has not been permanently deleted.

Here are the steps you need to follow to perform Yahoo account recovery after it has been deleted:

Open the Yahoo login page.
Enter your email address and password and then click ‘Login’.
Follow the instructions to verify your account, if prompted.
Then, enter the CAPTCHA for verification and press ‘Reactivate’.
After you see a success message, try to sign in to your account.
Once you have successfully logged into your Yahoo account, you will be able to view your previous data. However, some of the data may have been permanently lost during the time you deleted the account.

Reactivating a deleted Yahoo account may take some time.

Note: Your Yahoo account can be reactivated only up to 90 days from the time you scheduled your account to be deleted. Additionally, deleted Yahoo Mail accounts cannot be recovered after 365 days or if the account violated Yahoo’s terms.

Recover Yahoo password without phone number and email address

To recover your Yahoo password, it is important to have access to some of the following information:

Login email address or phone number
Recovery phone number
Recovery email address

If you don’t have access to any of these, it will be almost impossible to recover your Yahoo account.

Recover Yahoo account using secret questions

Previously, this option was there to recover your Yahoo account using the security questions you selected when creating your account. But Yahoo no longer offers a secret question service to secure your account.

Instead, you can use Password Helper to reset your password, enter your phone number or email address, get the verification code, enter it, and that’s it. Thereafter, you can simply set a new password for your Yahoo account.

Contact Yahoo for account recovery

Last but not least, you can contact Yahoo help page for solutions for the problem you are facing while signing in to your account.

On the help page, you’ll see a number of troubleshooting articles, just select the one that matches your issue, follow the instructions provided, and you’re good to go. Hopefully this will help you with the prevailing problem.

You can also talk to a live agent at Yahoo to get help recovering your Yahoo account.

All the above methods will definitely help you to recover your Yahoo account depending on the scenario you are in. But to avoid getting into such a situation in the first place, it is recommended to keep changing your password at regular intervals.