Secure Your Yahoo Mail Account With Account Key

One of the best things about Yahoo Mail is the security option it offers to keep your email account protected from unauthorized access by anyone. There are two security options provided by Yahoo Mail for it. They are Yahoo Account Key and Two-Step Verification. In this guide, you will be provided with information about the Yahoo Account key. To know about the Yahoo Account key, how to use it, enable/disable, and use it, go through the information provided below.

What is Yahoo Account Key?

Considering the rise in criminal activities nowadays, keeping your account secure with just a password is not enough. This is where you can make use of the Account Key feature in your Yahoo Mail account. Yahoo claims Account Key to be a more secure way of protecting your account as compared to password protection.

The Account Key feature works by letting you use your mobile phone instead of a password to access your account. Once you enabled this feature, you don’t need to use a password to sign in, and the only way to access your account is through your Account Key configured phone. If anyone even tries to log into your account, you can easily reject it on your phone.

How to Use Yahoo Account key?

When you enable the Account Key feature in your Yahoo Mail account, Yahoo will send a notification to the mobile device that you would have chosen to use for enabling this feature. The notification will display the options to accept or reject access to your account. You can easily approve or deny access by tapping on the relevant option. This way you can have complete control of your account without the need of remembering the password.

How to Enable Yahoo Account Key?

You can secure your Yahoo Mail account easily with Account Key by following the instructions provided below. However, to perform these steps, you will need to access your account on a web browser.

1. Open a supported web browser on your computer and sign in to your Yahoo Mail account.
2. Once you are logged into your Yahoo Mail account, you will need to click on your Profile Picture/Name located near the top-right corner of the window.
3. From the drop-down menu that appears on your screen, you will need to select the Account info This will direct you to the Account info section of your Yahoo Mail account.
4. In the Account info section, you will need to click on the Account security option from the left-hand side panel.

NOTE: To get access to the Account security section, you might be prompted to enter your account password in the prompted field.

5. Once you are in the Account security section, you will need to click on the See how it works option where it says – Secure your account with Yahoo Account Key.
6. As you will click on the See how it works option, you will be directed to the next screen where you be prompted to get your phone for enabling the feature.
7. On the same screen, you will first need to click on the Send me a notification. Doing so will prompt that Yahoo will send a notification to the Yahoo Mail app on your phone.

NOTE: Make sure that you are logged in to the Yahoo Mail app with the same Yahoo account for which you wish to enable the Account Key feature.

8. So, now you will need to click on the Yes, send me a notification This will send a notification on your mobile phone. The notification will read like this

This is a sample Account Key

Tap “Yes” to sign in or “No” to deny access to an unauthorized sign-in

Each time, you will get a notification like this on your device whenever you or anyone else tries to access your Yahoo Mail account.

9. As this is a sample key, you can tap Yes or No option on your mobile screen. Now come back to your computer browser. On the computer screen, you will be prompted whether you wish to use the Account Key feature or not.
10. To enable the Account Key, you will need to click on the Always use Yahoo Account Key After that, you will need to enter your phone number in the prompted field and click on the Confirm button. Yahoo Account key will be enabled for your Yahoo Mail account.

NOTE: As a phone number is required to enable Yahoo Account Key, make sure to provide an updated one.

How to Disable Yahoo Account Key?

If you ever wish to disable the Yahoo Account Key feature for your Yahoo Mail account, you can do so easily by following these steps:

1. In your Yahoo Mail account, click on your Profile Picture/Name located near the top-right corner of the window.
2. From the drop-down menu that appears on your screen, you will need to select the Account info This will direct you to the Account info section of your Yahoo Mail account.
3. In the Account info section, you will need to click on the Account security option from the left-hand side panel.

NOTE: To get access to the Account security section, you might be prompted to enter your account password in the prompted field.

4. Once you are in the Account security section, you will need to click on the Manage option next to “Yahoo Account Key is enabled”.
5. In the Manage Account Key box that appears on your screen, you will need to click on the Disable Account key option and then on the Yes, disable Account Key The Account Key feature will be disabled for your Yahoo Mail account and you will now need to use the password to access your account.

Why Yahoo Account Key Not Working?

If you ever face trouble using Yahoo Account Key to access your Yahoo Mail account, you can consider the following measures:

• Make sure that notifications are enabled in the Yahoo Mail application on your phone.
• If you are trying to use an older third-party app to access your Yahoo Mail account, make sure to generate an app password to access your Yahoo Mail account. You can generate it from the Account security section of your Yahoo Mail account.
• If you are seeing an “Uh-oh” error message, you will need to wait for 24 hours before you can try to access your account. This error message generally appears when you exceed the number of text messages allowed per day. After waiting for 24 hours, you can easily regain access to your Yahoo Mail account.
• Make sure that you are trying to access the right Yahoo Mail account using Account Key.
• Always use your updated phone number when using Account Key.

So, now as you have ample information about the Yahoo Account key, you can easily secure your Yahoo Mail account with it by following the steps provided above.