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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Lost phone. Cannot sign in and its wanting to send a text to the lost phone, or to call it. I have correct e mail and password.....utter nonsense from Yahoo This is by far the most ridiculous way to operate...people change their phone numbers all the time . People should not be denied access with correct e mail and password
And just what are we supposed to do when our recovery email is a hotmail one and the recovery code isn't received until after it expires on Yahoo?!?
My gmail recoveries have worked fine, but, not foreseeing this issue, I made the mistake of using hotmail for some of my Yahoo account recoveries, and emails don't reach the hotmail box for a number of hours, long past the 5 minute window Yahoo allows before it wants to send a new code.
Round and round we go, going nowhere. Fuck Yahoo. Maybe if they kept their shit secure, they wouldn't need to use this verification BS. But, since they do, the least they could do is allow us to leave the recovery page open as long as it takes to actually receive the fucking code!
P. S. There's no way in hell I'm giving Yahoo or MS my phone number(s), so no, that's not an option.
Also, when I go into Help and try that, Yahoo says it doesn't recognize the alternative gmail address, so no, that's also not a viable option.