6 Common Yahoo Mail Login Problems

6 Common Yahoo Mail Login Problems

Yahoo Mail Login Problems – Have you ever completely forgotten your yahoo password or yahoo ID? Or you think that someone else has gain unauthorized access to your yahoo account or your account has been locked? No need to fear.

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This article will deal with all the frequent yahoo mail login problems you have ever experienced. Just sit back, relax and give me 5 minutes of your time. Am sure you will have all your questions answered.

This article will deal with when you have the  following yahoo mail login problems:

1. When you have forgotten your yahoo password
2. When you have forgotten your yahoo ID
3. Unauthorized entry into your yahoo account
4. When you receive an “Invalid ID or Password” message.
5. When you receive the message that your account has been locked.
6. When you are signing into your yahoo mail on a new device.

SOLUTIONS TO THE MOST COMMON YAHOO MAIL LOGIN PROBLEMS

Forgotten Yahoo Password – If you have forgotten the password to your yahoo email account, all you need to do is to:

• Go to the Official Yahoo Mail Page and click on “Trouble Signing in”. This will take you to the Yahoo Sign in Helper Page.
• You will be prompted to type in your email address and click on Continue.
• You will be asked to fill in the CAPTCHA code and click on Continue.
• On the subsequent pages, you will be asked to answer some security based questions. These questions will be based on the same questions your were asked when you were signing up on yahoo mail. If you can correctly answer the question(s), your account will be recovered back to you. An example is shown below.

Forgotten Yahoo ID – You know that it is one thing to forget your yahoo password but its another to forget your yahoo ID. However, if you forget your yahoo ID, just:

• Go to the yahoo sign in helper and enter the mobile phone number or alternative email address that you used when you were registering for that yahoo account. Yahoo team will send you a message that will definitely remind you of your yahoo ID.
• Once you enter your mobile phone number or alternative email, you will be required to fill in a CAPTCHA code and yahoo team will request that you authorized them to send an account key to your phone number or email. An example is shown below.
• As soon as you click on “Yes text me an account key” a text message bearing the code will be sent to your phone/email. You are to fill in the code in the code area and click on Verify.  You will be shown a list of yahoo mail accounts that are linked to that phone number/email. Just click on anyone of them that you need and wala you are in(an example is shown below).

You can create a new password because chances are that if you could forget the your yahoo ID then you may have also forgotten the password.

Unauthorized Entry into Your Account- If you think that someone has gained unauthorized access to your yahoo mail account, all you need  to:

• Go is to the yahoo sign in Helper and change your password immediately.
• You should also review your account settings to make sure that they have not been tampered with. To do that, go to your account information page of your personal info.

“Invalid ID or Password” Message – You receive an “invalid ID or password” message when your yahoo ID or password does not match what yahoo systems have on their record. You should not be scared when you get this error message.If you are very sure that there are no misspelt letters, then consider the following:

• Your “Caps Lock” or “Num Lock” keys may be on.You may accidentally have your caps lock key on thereby changing your letters from small case letters to big case letters or vice versa.
• If you programmed your browser to remember your password but you recently changed, you will need to fill in your new password manually and instruct your browser to remember the new password.If this does not work, then you can use the Sign in Helper and change your password if you think your password has been tampered with.

“Account Locked” Error Message – This happens when there has been many unsuccessful attempts to sign int your account by you or someone else. Yahoo team will lock your account temporarily for 12 hours. However, you can regain access to your account immediately wit the Yahoo sign in Helper.

Signing into Your Yahoo Mail on a New Device – When you buy a new device – a smart phone or tablet and need to sign into your yahoo mail app, yahoo systems will request to verify that you are the one that is trying to gain access to your account.So they will send an account key to your phone or alternative email.

I think this articles solves most of your common yahoo mail login problems.

So in summary, if When you are using the right password and Yahoo ID, but you still cannot sign in, it could be that you have forgotten your password, misspelt the letters, your keyboard “Caps Lock” or “Num Lock” keys may be on or that your yahoo mail account has been hacked. Whatever be the case, You can always recover your account by using the yahoo sign in helper.I hope this helps. Cheers

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