Question posted by dalTabb on March 14th, 2014

Problem You Can Try To Recover Your Password Again After The Lock Expires In

approximately 12 hours

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Answer #1: Posted by freginold on May 4th, 2014 7:14 PM
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Hi, if you can't log in and you don't know your password or secret question:

- Go to the Yahoo! login page
- Click on the I can't access my account link
- Choose the I have a problem with my password option and then click Next
- Enter your Yahoo! ID and click Next
- Click Next again to have a password reset email sent to your alternate email address (part of which is displayed on the screen)
- Log in to your alternate email account and when you get the email from Yahoo!, click on the link to reset your password, then create a new password

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