How to Manage Your Account Settings on Yahoo!

Adjust your Yahoo account settings with this handy guide

Written by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: July 5, 2024 Fact Checked

Managing your account settings of your Yahoo! account is quick and easy to do. You can update your personal information and even change how you sign in. Here's how to manage your account settings on Yahoo! And Yahoo Mail.

Updating Yahoo Account Information

Log into https://www.yahoo.com/ and hover over your profile picture. Click Overview to see your account settings.
Click Personal info to update your profile picture, change your name, birthday, or gender, or choose a new language.
Click Security to enable 2-Step Verification and add a recovery email or phone number.

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Hover over your profile picture in the top-right corner. If you don't have a profile picture, this will be your initial.
- If you aren't already logged into your account at https://www.yahoo.com/, do so now.
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Click Overview. This is in the drop-down menu.
- You may be asked to verify your password.
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Update your personal information. Click Personal info at the top, next to Overview. On this page, you can update your Yahoo account picture, your name and display name, birthday, gender, and location/language settings.^{[1]
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- To change your profile photo:
  - Click Update profile photo.
  - Click Upload from device.
  - Select a photo.
- To change your personal details:
  - Click Update personal details.
  - Enter a new first name, last name, preferred name, gender, and/or date of birth.
- To change your language settings:
  - Click Update language.
  - Click the Preferred language drop-down menu.
  - Select a new language.
  - Click Save updates.
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Enable 2-Step Verification. This helps prevent unauthorized users from accessing your account. You can Do the following:
- Click Security at the top.
- Underneath 2-Step Verification, click Turn on.
- Select: Push notification, Your phone number, Authenticator app, or Security key.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
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Change your password. Changing your password every few months can keep hackers at bay. If you want to change it, do the following:
- Click Security at the top.
- Click Change password.
- Enter a new password.
- Click Continue.
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Add recovery methods. If you ever get locked out of your account, recovery methods can make it easy for you to get back in. You can add a recovery email or recovery phone number. Do the following:
- Click Security at the top.
- Scroll down to How we make sure it's really you.
- Click Add email or Add phone number.
- Enter an email or phone number.
- If needed, enter the confirmation code.

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Which key will add a notification so that the receiver understands that the email is important?

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In the bar with the font styles and so forth, there should be an exclamation point icon -- click on this. This is the method for most email services.

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How do I change the language to English?

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Go to settings, select language and click, "English."

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You can go to your sent messages or when you send a message, send it to or CC yourself and the person you want to send it to.

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