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- Verifying Your Account
- Creating A New Account
- Adding 2-Step Verification
Learn how to verify a new and current Yahoo account with your phone number and how to add or remove 2-Step Verification
You might need to verify your Yahoo account more than once, especially if Yahoo detects that you're logging into your account from a different region or using an unfamiliar device, etc.
This wikiHow article teaches you how to verify your Yahoo account with email or a phone number.
To add Yahoo to your phone's email app, sign into Yahoo in a mobile browser.
If Yahoo detects suspicious activity, like you're signing in from different locations quickly, it will prompt you to enter a verification code. By default, Yahoo will send the verification code to the phone number in your account settings.
When you log in, go to your account's security settings (
) and click to add a recovery email or change your phone number under "Verification methods."
If you don't have access to the phone number attached to your account, you'll have to contact
You will need official identification, like your driver's license or State ID, to verify who you are.
You'll also need to verify your account before adding it to your mobile's mail app, like Gmail or Samsung Mail. To do this, log into Yahoo in your mobile browser and go to
It's impossible to create a Yahoo account without verifying it with a phone number, so to verify an account, you must first go through the initial steps of creating one.
will help you create a new Yahoo email account using a desktop computer.
Make sure all of your account information is correct. Before clicking or tapping the
button at the bottom of the new account creation page, you should ensure that your name, desired email address, password, and phone number are accurate.
Enter your recovery mobile number.
Double-check that you've entered the correct number since this is where the verification code will go. Only mobile phones can get text messages, so make sure you're using a mobile phone instead of a landline.
You can choose to have any app that you've downloaded on your mobile phone send you a push notification that you have to accept to be able to log into your Yahoo account, a text message with a code that you need to use to log in, an authenticator app that'll provide you with a code that you need to log into your Yahoo account, or a security key that is a piece of hardware that you'll need to insert to log into your Yahoo account.
Any of these will add a little more security to your account so it can't be easily hacked.
Follow the on-screen instructions to add 2-Step Verification.
The steps are different depending on which verification method you selected.
For example, scan a QR Code to download a Yahoo app onto your phone and log in to get push notifications for verification. Or, enter your phone number to receive 2-Step Verification texts.
Once you've followed the on-screen prompts, 2-Step Verification is active!
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