- Once you sign in to yahoo mail on your device, the app will remember your username and password and keep you signed in.
- If you want to sign in to multiple yahoo mail accounts on your phone, use the y! icon to open the option to manage accounts and add a new account.
- If you’re having trouble logging in, try retrieving your username and password. You can also try logging in with a different browser or clearing your browser’s cookies.
yahoo is no longer the most popular webmail service, that prize belongs to google’s gmail, but in 2020, yahoo mail had 225 million users.
If you are among them, you may need to access your yahoo mail account. It is accessible on your mobile device (both Android and iPhone) and in a web browser on any computer or device. here’s how to log in.
how to sign in to yahoo mail on a mobile device
If you are using the yahoo mail app for iphone or android, once you sign in, you will stay signed in permanently unless you sign out manually. The process to log in is simple and is the same whether you have an iOS or Android device.
1. start the yahoo mail application. If you haven’t logged into any mail account yet, you will see the login page. tap sign in with yahoo.
2. Enter your yahoo mail username, email, or mobile phone number associated with the account and tap next.
3. Enter your password and tap next.
4. After a moment, you’ll be signed in and taken to your inbox.
If you’re already signed in to one yahoo account but want to sign in to another, do this:
1. In the yahoo mail app, tap the y! icon at the top left of the screen.
2. In the menu, tap manage accounts.
3. tap add account. (If you’re using an iPhone, you’ll see a dialog asking for permission to open a browser window; tap continue).
4. Enter your username, email or mobile phone number associated with the yahoo mail account and tap next.
5. Enter your password and tap next.
6. After a moment, you’ll be signed in and taken to your inbox.
how to log in to yahoo mail on a computer
You can sign in to yahoo mail in a web browser the same way no matter what kind of computer (pc or mac) you’re using. open a browser and go to mail.yahoo.com. then do this:
1. Type your yahoo mail username, email, or mobile phone number associated with the account and type next.
2. Type your password and tap next.
3. After a moment, you’ll be signed in and taken to your inbox.
what to do if you can’t sign in to yahoo mail
There are several reasons why you might be having trouble logging into yahoo mail. the most common is that you have lost or forgotten your username or password. Fortunately, Yahoo makes it easy to recover your account by resetting your login credentials. on the login page, try this:
- if you don’t know your yahoo username or yahoo email address, tap forgot your username? under the next button . On the next page, you can enter your recovery email address (another email address you previously associated with the account) or phone number, then tap continue and follow the instructions to sign in .
- Similarly, if you don’t know your password, tap forgot your password? under the next button and follow the instructions to reset your password and sign in.
You may also see an invalid ID or password error when you try to log in. there are some common solutions:
- this usually means that you made some sort of typo while entering your credentials. double-check your spelling, making sure you’re using correct capitalization and aren’t confusing similar characters, such as i, l, and 1.
- if the problem persists, try signing in on a different device or use a web browser different.
- If you are using your browser’s autocomplete tool, disable it and enter the username and password manually.
- You can also try to reset your password using the forgot your password? link. you may have changed your password at some point in the past and not logged the change.
If your login doesn’t work, but you don’t see an error message (the page simply reloads after you enter your username and password), you may need to clear your browser’s cookies. To do this, see how to clear your cookies in Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari.