Update your account recovery information
Start from the Yahoo home page
Click your name
Or start from another Yahoo page
Click the gear icon
Select Account Info
You may be asked to re-enter your password
If so, type your current password and click Sign In
Now you're on your account page
Click Account security
Your account should include one or more mobile phone numbers so we can send you a text message if you need help
Click here to add or delete a phone number
Delete this number if it's obsolete
Click here to add a new number
Choose the country code for your mobile phone
Enter the phone number
Choose to have a verification code sent to you as text or by voice
When you receive the verification code, enter it here
Click Verify
We can also send password reset information to one or more alternate email addresses
Click here to add or delete email addresses
These should be non-Yahoo addresses where you can receive messages if you can't access your Yahoo Mail account
Delete any obsolete email addresses
Click here to add an email address
Enter the email address
Click here to have Yahoo send a verification message to this email address
Follow the instructions in the email message that Yahoo sends you to verify this address
If you ever need help with your account, you'll be glad that we have your current contact info!