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Update your account recovery information

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    Update your account recovery information
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    Start from the Yahoo home page
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    Click your name
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    Or start from another Yahoo page
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    Click the gear icon
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    Select Account Info
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    You may be asked to re-enter your password
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    If so, type your current password and click Sign In
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    Now you're on your account page
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    Click Account security
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    Your account should include one or more mobile phone numbers so we can send you a text message if you need help
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    Click here to add or delete a phone number
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    Delete this number if it's obsolete
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    Click here to add a new number
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    Choose the country code for your mobile phone
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    Enter the phone number
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    Choose to have a verification code sent to you as text or by voice
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    When you receive the verification code, enter it here
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    Click Verify
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    We can also send password reset information to one or more alternate email addresses
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    Click here to add or delete email addresses
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    These should be non-Yahoo addresses where you can receive messages if you can't access your Yahoo Mail account
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    Delete any obsolete email addresses
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    Click here to add an email address
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    Enter the email address
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    Click here to have Yahoo send a verification message to this email address
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    Follow the instructions in the email message that Yahoo sends you to verify this address
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    If you ever need help with your account, you'll be glad that we have your current contact info!
Title:
Update your account recovery information
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Video Language:
English
Team:
Yahoo Help Videos
Duration:
01:37

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