Unlike your predecessors who followed the traditional login pattern to access their Yahoo! Mail account you can get into your account with a simple tap on your phone. Isn’t it intriguing?
Yahoo Account Key is one of the recent features that the tech giant has equipped its patrons with. To make the most of the tool, one must get Yahoo App on their smartphone and be signed in. Account Key takes the pain of managing and remembering multiple passwords away. Here’s a quick workaround for setting up Yahoo Account Key from web browser –
- Visit the Yahoo Account Security
- Click See how it works.
- Press Send me a notification. The selected app will receive a notification.
- As you see it on your smartphone, click on Approve Key Icon.
- Check your web browser for Always use Yahoo Account Key.
- Now confirm your mobile number.
How to Sign in with Account Key?
Before you go ahead and reap this feature to the fullest, ensure that you have already signed in to your Yahoo app.
- Visit Yahoo Sign-in page, enter your ID and hit
- The next step would require you to open the app or tap the notification and tap the Account Key icon image
- You need to approve this by clicking on the Approve icon.
- If prompted, provide the verification code to confirm.
Quick Tips to Manage Devices or Disable Account Key:
In case you are using multiple devices and the apps as well, you can always select one device for notification. Simply turn off Account Key and use password, if you like this.
How to Manage Account Key from a web browser?
- Go to Yahoo Account Security page.
- Click Manage by Yahoo Account Key
- To turn on or off, tap the toggle
- At the bottom, you will find the Disable Account Key Click that if you want to use a password.
Manage Account Key from a Yahoo mobile app:
- Click the Menu icon through the app.
- Hit the Account key icon. Then look for Manage Account Key. Tap that too,
- To turn on or off, tap the toggle
- At the bottom, you will find the Disable Account Key Click that if you want to use a password.
Follow up Yahoo customer support 24/7 help for any other required information.
