How to change your Yahoo mail password? A very simple step-by-step-guide

If you’ve forgotten your Yahoo mail password, you don’t need to fret. You can create a new password with ease. The process is simply easy if you have a phone number registered on your Yahoo account. In this article, we will present a simple step-by-step guide to changing your Yahoo mail password. If you remember your password but want to change it anyway, you can still follow the instructions listed below to create a new password. 

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How to change your Yahoo mail password on a web browser

Step 1: Go to Yahoo mail.

Step 2: Enter your email address.

Step 3: When prompted to enter your password, select ‘Forgotten Password?’

Step 4: Yahoo will ask you to confirm your phone number in order to send you a recovery code. If you’re still using that number, click ‘Yes, send me a code’.

Step 5: Enter the code. Yahoo will ask you to create a new password. Type in a new password and click on ‘Continue’.

Yahoo will change your password successfully.

How to change your Yahoo mail password on the Yahoo mail app

Step 1: Enter your email address on the Yahoo mail app and tap on ‘Continue’.

Step 2: Select ‘Forgot Password?’

Step 3: Verify your registered phone number by entering the penultimate digits.

Step 4: Enter the recovery code.

Step 5: Enter the new password.

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This is how you can change your Yahoo mail password using a web browser or the Yahoo mail app. You can also change your password from the Yahoo Account Security Page without needing to verify your phone number. If you don’t have a phone number registered to your Yahoo account, you will be sent the recovery code to the secondary email address registered on your account.