Q&A for How to Change A Password in Yahoo! Mail

This is likely occurring because your account name includes a single letter that you're also using in your password. For example, entering "John Q Public" as your name will prevent you from using "Q" or "q" in your password.

Make sure you have access to your alternate email account, and have a recovery password sent. Try to create strong yet memorable passwords. You can use any snippet you can think of and assemble them piece by piece into a whole to create a strong password you'll remember.

Visit https://login.yahoo.com/forgot? and follow the prompts to create a new password and gain access to your account.

This is specific to your browser, and depends on the browser you are using. The options are different for Firefox, Edge, IE, Chrome and Opera - so you would need to check their individual sites, depending on which browser you're operating.

If you click on the forget password link on the website, you should get an option to use an email or a phone number that is attached to your account. Select phone number, and you should be sent a code, a link, or both. Then, type the code in and follow the instructions to change your password.

Log in with your Yahoo! account and open your Account Info page (See the first method above). In the "Account security" section, you can click "Phone numbers" to add your phone number. You'll get a text at the new phone number to verify that it's yours. You cannot change your phone number if you don't have access to your account.