Protect Yahoo! Your mail with two-step authentication

With two-step authentication, two security layers will protect Yahoo! Your mail from suspicious login times. The article will guide you to turn on two-step authentication in Yahoo! Mail.

Email security on Yahoo!

Yahoo! Your mail is only safe with a password. Yahoo! Not only check the password when someone tries to log in to your account, it also considers the location and computer from the login place. If something is suspicious (for example, the device has never been used before), it will require more than the password provided you have enabled two-step authentication.

In this case, the second information is required to log in or enter the code sent to the mobile phone or answer the security question. (You can also turn off the second request and only request mobile verification.) Then, Yahoo! Mail will be secure with your password and access to your mobile phone. (For a similar level of security, Yahoo! Mail also provides access to Key Access via a mobile application.)

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How to turn on two-step authentication on Yahoo! Mail

To add a second authentication class for suspicious logins (for example from a new country) to Yahoo! Your email:

Step 1: Hover over your name or logo at the top of the navigation bar Yahoo! Mail.

Step 2: Select Account Info from the menu that appears.

Step 3: If notice appears:

1. Enter your Yahoo! Mail in the Password field.
2. Click Sign In .

Step 4 : Follow the link to set up the second login verification in Sign-In and Security .

Step 5: Be sure to check the box to turn on the second login verification in Further Protect Your Account .

Step 6: If you have linked your mobile phone number to your account:

1. Click Use Current Phone to use it for two-step authentication
2. Or click Use New Phone to use another phone number.
   1. Please note that the form on this page may not allow you to enter phone numbers in all countries where Yahoo! Can really provide verification code.

Step 7: If you haven't set up a mobile phone number or choose Use New Phone :

1. Enter your phone number in the Second Sign-In Verification Setup: Add Mobile Phone.
2. Click Receive SMS .

Step 8: Enter the verification code received into Enter code (the code is not case sensitive).

Step 9: Click Verify Code .

Step 10: Select Use only my mobile phone number for verification in Your second sign-in verification to request verification of SMS text messages or Use either my security question or mobile phone number for verification to allow two-step authentication with password and security question.

Note, two-step authentication will not apply to Yahoo! Mail is accessed via POP, on a mobile device or IMAP; For such cases, you can create application-specific passwords.

Add unrecognized mobile numbers on 2-step verification form

To set up a new mobile phone number to restore access to Yahoo! Mail:

Step 1: Click your name or avatar at the top of the navigation to Yahoo! Mail.

Step 2: Select Account Info from the menu displayed.

Step 3: Follow the link to update password reset information in Sign-In and Security.

Step 4: Click to add numbers in Mobile Numbers .

Step 5: Enter the mobile phone number.

1. Click the country code to select another country.

Step 6: Click Save .

See more:

1. Turn on 2-step verification for Gmail, send the verification code to your phone when you sign in
2. How to login to a Yahoo account without a password
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