Unlock Locked Yahoo Account
Post Updated: Feb 2017
Yahoo! is very strict in keeping its products and services up to its policies. Any malfunction with its products may lead to a strike on your service usage. If your Yahoo mail account is locked temporarily (12 hours), read the post carefully to regain your account back.
Following reasons are potential causes for blocking
The lock will be lifted automatically after 12 hours, but you can always regain access to your account immediately using the Sign-in Helper.
Step 1: Go to Yahoo Help Forum Page.
Step 2: Here click on “Account Locked” message
Step 3: Now click on Sign-in Helper
Step 4: Enter the Yahoo Mail Address or Phone Number (You can even enter recovery email ID or Phone No).
Enter Your Yahoo ID or Phone No.
Step 5: An ‘Account Key’ will be sent to your recovery mail/phone or you may be asked for the security questions.
Account Key to Recovery Address
Step 6: Follow the steps and you will regain access to your locked Yahoo! Account instantly.
When you log in to your account, cookie in the form of packets of data are stored on Yahoo servers. These cookies are the one which helps recognise your Yahoo account for further references. But when someone attempts a sign in using the wrong password the cookies are deleted. And when the limit number of attempts are crossed the cookies expire. This stimulates the Yahoo filters to think account activity as suspicious and thus locks it temporarily or for so called 12 or 24 hours.
To unlock or unblock your account you can try to Log in using another Yahoo server. These results in the formation of new and fresh cookies. The new server does not have any knowledge of expired cookies. And you are able to login and access your Yahoo! mail account again.
You can use any server listed below. (Try different servers if one doesn’t work.)
Note & Conclusion: I hope the above methods helped you in unblocking your locked Yahoo mail. If the methods don’t work you have no other option other than waiting for 12 hours which is a loose set time of account lock down.
Comment below for any assistance, query or suggestion, we will be happy to hear from you.
This post was last modified on June 24, 2017 7:51 pm
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I have been locked out and keep
Getting the "uh uh"
Message. I never set up a secondary way of accessing it. I don't have my cell
Phone associate with the account anymore because I dropped it in the pool. Every time I try a different password it locks me out for 24 hours. I have
Been using Melissa.ahlem@yahoo.com for over 10 years! I'm so sad! Please help!
FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE LOCKED OUT OF YOUR YAHOO ACCOUNT PLEASE READ!
I've been following the steps you & yahoo have provided since February! When will there be a "real fix" or when will Yahoo just admit there is no fix?! There is NO SAFE number or site to use-stated on the Yahoo Help page. They keep giving more & more things to try, then you'll get the response stating "your account has been closed for too long, nothing we can do". SHAME ON YAHOO AND ALL THE "AGENTS" FOR MISLEADING EVERYONE WHO HAD YAHOO MAIL! Feel free to hack at mine! I'm willing to have anyone fix it!
I have the exact same problem for the last 3 months. it happened on my 3 yahoo accounts at the same time and they are also my recovery email address. How do I log in one of my email address when all of them being locked at the same time? pls help.