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Change AOL password

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Changing AOL password in periodical basis is a good practice. It, on the one hand, reduce the chance that other have unauthorized access to your account and on the other side it will reduce the possibility that you get too familiar to the old password that eventually leads to its compromise. Besides this, if someone already has access to your old password, even they cannot login to your account and cause any planned damage to your account. So, it is essential that you change the password of accounts that are important to you on a regular basis. In this article, we will discuss how you can Change AOL password in detail.

Change AOL password

    • Navigate https://login.aol.com in any web browser.
      AOL Mail Change password
    • Log in to your AOL account. Here is some help to AOL Mail sign in.
      AOL mail changing password
    • After you sign in click on “Option” that lies towards the top right corner of the page, just below your account name.
  • Click on “Account Info” from the drop-down menu that appears as you click on “Option”.
  • In the Account information page click on the “Account Security” tab in the left panel.
  • Now click on “Change Password”.
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  • Create a New Password that is strong enough for others to guess and simple enough for you to remember. You are recommended to use the combination of Upper-lower case alphabets, numeric and special characters while creating a password. Never use the same password in multiple account, to prevent losing your password you can use various password manager app.
  • Type the password again to confirm. We recommend you not to copy and paste the password to confirm the same because you will be aware if there was any typo while creating the password.
    AOL new password
  • You can click on “Show Password” to verify whether the password is actually what you have intended to keep or not.
  • As you are done, click on “Continue” and your password will be changed.

Reset AOL password

Forgot AOL password? If you have forgotten your password and you are not being able to remember it no matter how much you are trying to remember. You need not worry, and you can always reset the password with some simple steps so that you can get back your existing account. You just need to have access to your phone number or email address used as password recovery methods to recover your AOL account easily. If you don’t have access to any one of these, you can still get back your account but cannot be assured.

  1. Go to the AOL login page.
  2. Enter the username (AOL email ID) the password of which you want to reset and then click on “Next”.
    Reset AOL password
  3. Click on “I forgot my password”.
    AOL I forgot my password
  4. Now the different verification modes will be shown to you depending upon the recovery information (Recovery email ID- Recovery mobile number) you have provided.
  5. Generally, three modes of password recovery are available:

    • AOL password reset using mobile

      • If you have access to your mobile number, then click on “Yes, text me a verification code”. Sometimes you need to complete the mobile number before the AOL sent you a text message.
        AOL mail verification code
      • Once you receive the code in the text message, type the code in the field provided for it and then click on “Submit”.
        AOL mobile verification code enter
      • A success message will be displayed. After this click on “Create new password”.
      • Create a new password that you can remember easily, and at the same time, it should be difficult enough for others to guess.
      • Re-type the password to confirm and then click on “Continue”. If you want to ensure that your password does not have a typo, you can check the ‘Show password’ box.
        Choose new password for AOL

    • AOL password change/reset using recovery email

      • If you have not provided mobile number while creating AOL account, then the option to recover using email address will be shown to you. If you have submitted both recovery information you will be shown recovery using mobile number first and if you click on “I don’t have access to this phone” you will be displayed the option to recover the AOL password using the email address.
      • Click on “Yes, send me a verification code”.
        AOL mail reset password with email
      • Sign in to the recovery email address in a new tab of the web browser that you are using and open the email from AOL with the subject “Recover access to your AOL account”.
      • Return to the tab where the AOL password recovery process is running. After that, enter the verification code sent to your email in the field provided.
        aol mail password reset
      • Click on Continue. This will display a success message on your screen.
      • Select “Create new password”.
        Type your new password and re-type it to confirm the same.
        Change password for AOL mail
      •  Finally, click on Continue and your password reset process is complete.

    • AOL password reset without recovery phone and email

      • If you have not provided or you don’t have access to your email address as well as your mobile number and you have enabled Account Security Question (ASQ), then you will be asked the security questions you have provided the answered to. Type the correct answer and then click on verify. Apart from this you will be asked for other profile information, d answer them as per given instructions and then click on “Continue.”
      • Once succeeded click on Create a new password. Type the new password and retype to confirm the same. Finally, click on Continue to recover the password.

Reset Hotmail Password

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Forgot Hotmail password and locked out? You can get your account back with Hotmail account recovery process. To reset Hotmail password, you’ll require recovery email address or mobile number or two-step verification app linked to your account. You will get a verification code on either alternative email address or recovery phone number. And if you don’t have access to any of them, then you can also try resetting the password using ‘Hotmail password recovery form.’

In the password recovery form, you need to answer some questions about your Hotmail account to verify it’s you. Hotmail will check your answers and if it get enough evidence about your identity it will give access to your account. You can also change Hotmail password without resetting it.

Steps to Reset Hotmail Password

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It is simple to recover Hotmail password using an alternative email address or phone number linked to the account.

  1. First of all, visit Hotmail sign in page and click ‘Forgot my password, ‘ or directly visit Hotmail password help page.
  2. Then, select the option ‘I forgot my password‘ and click ‘Next.’
    Reset Hotmail Password step 1
  3. Enter the Hotmail account of which you want to reset the password and enter the Captcha code in the lower box.
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    Hotmail Password Reset step 2
  4. Microsoft will ask how you like to receive security code.
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    Pick any one option, but note that you must have access to this option as you will receive a confirmation code. You will get a hint to every option listed there. Click ‘Send code‘ after entering those detail.Hotmail Password Reset Step 3
  5. When you receive the verification code, enter it and click ‘Next‘. If the verification code is correct, you will be prompted to the next page if not you will be informed that the code is incorrect.
    Forgot Hotmail Password
  6. Finally, Hotmail password reset page will appear. Create a new password for Hotmail/Outlook account. Make password memorable so that you won’t forget quickly, but that does not mean to make it too obvious for others to guess.
    Hotmail Password Recover
When you select text option to receive a security code, it may take some time for it to arrive. If you have email option to receive the verification code and you have access to that account. So we recommend selecting email instead of phone to obtain that code. You will receive a security code in an email instantly.

Note that, sometimes account recovery options are not accessible, or you do not have access to those recovery options anymore. In such situation, password reset cannot be done immediately. It’s not a guaranteed option to recover Hotmail password as it mostly depends on the information you remember about an account.

Hotmail Password Reset without Email or Phone

Sometimes you lost access to recovery email or phone number and don’t have any other option to receive security code. Don’t worry even if you don’t remember the recovery method. You can still reset Hotmail password using the alternate method, but this method doesn’t have any guarantee to work. The success of the process depends on the information you remember about your account.

(Hotmail accounts which have two-step verification enabled, can’t be reset like this)

  1. Go to password reset page > select ‘I forgot my password’ > Enter your Hotmail and captcha code. Select the option ‘I don’t have any of these.’
  2. It will ask ‘Do you have an account recovery code?’. It is a 25 character long code, if you have it, enter it and click ‘use recovery code’ if not click ‘No’.
  3. You need to provide an email address where Microsoft can contact you. It should be different from the one you’re trying to recover.
  4. Check alternative email and enter the code received from Microsoft and click ‘Verify.’
  5. At last, fill as much as fields as you can under ‘Recover your Microsoft account‘ and click ‘Submit.’

It is mostly used to recover Hotmail password in case someone hacked Hotmail account. And if you have entered enough information about Hotmail account, your password will be reset after the thorough review from Microsoft which will take some time.