Have you ever thought that what will you do in case you ever forgot the password of Yahoo?

What will you do in case you don’t remember an account password?

Well, this is a quite serious matter which you need to think about it. To handle the situation, you can add alternate email id and phone numbers in the Yahoo mail account too.

add alternate email id and phone number in yahoo mail

Adding an alternate email id and phone number in Yahoo mail is useful at the time of:

  • When you forgot the Yahoo password.
  • Try to recover the Yahoo account.
  • Best for the security purposes

Note: In order to increase the security of an account, you can enable two-step verification in your account.

As of now, let’s discuss the method of adding an alternate email id and phone number step by step.

Steps to Add Alternate Email on Yahoo Mail:

  • Open your computer system and log in to your Yahoo account.

 log in to your Yahoo account

  • Now, you need to go to Gear icon at the top right and you need to hover your keyboard mouse over it and Choose ‘Account Info’ choice.

click on gear and Choose Account Info

  • Then you need to choose ‘Account security’ choice.choose Account security
  • Afterward, you need to look for the ‘Add recovery email address’ choice. Hit it.

click Add recovery email address

  • Then after, you need to enter an alternate email address in the field given and hit the ‘Send verification email’ option.

click send verification email

  • You will be asked for verifying the email address. And to do this, you need to go to the sign-in page of the email address.
  • Simply sign in and just check in case you received an email from Yahoo.
  • You are required to open the email and hit on the link which is given there.

open the email and hit on the link

  • With this, you will reach to a log in page of Yahoo. And you need to enter your password.
  • Finally, your Yahoo email address is verified.
  • In the end, if you don’t see any email message in your alternate id mailbox, rapidly check spam In case still you can’t see the mail, go an email verification page and look for ‘Resend’ choice and hit it.

How to Add Phone Number in Yahoo Mail:

  • Login your Yahoo mail account

 log in to your Yahoo account

  • Now, after opening a mailbox, you will see Gear Icon at the top right side of an email
  • Then you need to move the PC mouse over it; a drop down will come into view. Hit on ‘Account Info’ link

click on gear and Choose Account Info

  • And hit on ‘Account security’ choice

choose Account security

  • After that, you need to click the ‘Add recovery phone number’. And you will be asked for adding a recovery phone number.

click Add recovery phone number

  • Choose the country name and you need to enter the mobile number. With this, select ‘Send SMS’ or ‘Call Me’ choices

enter mobile number and select Send SMS

  • Lastly, you will get a verification code on your mobile; enter it and then click ‘Verify’ choice.

enter verification code and then click Verify

Luckily you have added alternate email id and phone number in yahoo mail.

You can also fix your all Yahoo mail issues by calling Yahoo customer support phone number for the better solution.

How to Add Alternate Email & Phone Number in Yahoo Mail?

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