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AOL Mail Login : AOL.COM Mail Sign In

Updated on May 14, 2019 7 Comments

AOL Mail is one of the most popular email services in America. It is a free web-based email service by AOL, which operates under Verizon Communications. It is also known as AIM Mail (AOL Instant Messenger).

Since March 2017, Verizon has migrated all in-house email service customer to AOL Mail. AOL Mail is famous because of features like unlimited email storage capacity, supports POP3, SMTP, and IMAP protocols, secure spam, virus protection, spell checking, canceling already send an email, etc.

Besides this, by creating AOL mail you can also enjoy services like AIM, About. Me, Distro, MapQuest after AOL Mail login. When you sign in with AOL Mail, you will get personalized/localized news, search result from aol.com.

Procedure to AOL Mail Login

AOL.Com Mail login can be done via a web browser, desktop app, and mobile app.

AOL Mail Sign In via Browser

Following is the AOL Mail Login process for the browser (Desktop/Laptop & mobile).

First of all launch aol.com from your web browser (Google Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, etc.) and click on Mail at the left side of the page. Alternatively, you can also directly visit mail.aol.com, and you’ll reach AOL Mail login page.
You need to enter AOL username or email address of AOL mail and enter your AOL mail username or email and click on ‘Next’. If you are using a personal device, you can check the option ‘Remember me’ so you can access AOL Mail without doing this login process next time.
Finally, enter your password associated with your AOL mail and click ‘Sign In’ to log into your AOL mail account’s inbox.
Congratulations, you just logged in to your AOL.com mail inbox. You can follow AOL news here, compose an email and send it to your friends or family from your AOL inbox.

You’ll reach into AOL inbox successfully. If AOL Mail login process is not successful, check whether you’ve entered an email address and password correctly or not. Don’t worry even if you don’t remember the password; you can easily reset it in no time.

AOL Mail Login via Desktop App

For regular AOL Mail user, AOL desktop app may be more convenient than accessing it from the browser. On the desktop app, once you set-up AOL Mail, you don’t need to enter your login details again.

Download AOL Mail desktop app. Installing time may vary depends upon your device and internet connectivity.
Select software settings you desire and click continue.
Choose the folder on the desktop to install AOL Desktop app after reviewing settings.
Click ‘Install now’. After successful installation, you can start to use the app immediately.
Log in with your AOL username.

If downloading 3rd party app is not your thing, then you can access AOL Mail from default Mail app on Windows.

Open Mail app on your device.
Click on Setting gear sign and Manage accounts.
Choose ‘Add account’ option to add new AOL mail.
In ‘Choose an account’ page, pick ‘Other account’ (POP, IMAP).
Enter your AOL email address, your email, and password for the account.
The app auto-detect settings for AOL Mail. AOL Mail is now synced, and you can manage it from the Windows Mail app.

AOL Mail Sign In from Mobile App

AOL has a decent mobile app to access emails, news, and video on the go. On AOL Mail mobile app, your contacts will sync seamlessly, can delete or archive message with a swipe.

Download AOL Mail App from App Store for iPhone and Google play store for Android.
Go to the menu and open AOL Mail app.
There are tutorials to use the app; you can check those tutorials or skip it.
Tap on the Mail icon, and you’ll reach the AOL login page. Finally, enter your username and password.

After signing in, you can check the news, trending videos or search the web using the same app.

Unlike other Mail apps from Outlook/Gmail, AOL app doesn’t allow you to add 3rd party emails to the app. So, AOL mail app is a good app for AOL user only, but for people who use multiple email services, it may not be suitable. Therefore we advise you to add AOL Mail on Outlook Mobile app so you can access various inboxes from the same app.

Is AOL mail down?

Though AOL mail is one of the prominent email service providers in the US, the problems of server down and service outage is not new for its users. There have been many times a day when you can’t log into your AOL mail inbox or even it blacks out while you try to send an email to your boss. When such problems occur, you will see ‘Service Unavailable’ on your AOL mail screen. If you see your screen blank or as mentioned in the image below, don’t panic, it just takes few seconds to get back to service for AOL mail servers.

Verizon mail login via AOL Mail

Since Verizon mail is not in existence anymore, you can’t log in to Verizon with your @verizon.net email address anymore. However, if you managed to extract your data from your Verizon email such as contacts, calendar and address book to AOL or other third party emails, you have just saved yourself. As Verizon has deleted all the data of its users effective from 15 Dec 2017. Those who have managed to migrate data, you can have access to your Verizon email using the @verizon.net email address by visiting mail.aol.com.

If you can’t log in to AOL mail using Verizon email address, first of all, make sure you enter the full email address such as ‘[email protected]’ to login box of AOL mail. Please note, migrating your email to AOL from Verizon will not affect your other Verizon services, at all.

AOL mail login with 2-step verification (2FA)

As we know, 2-step verification is an additional measure to secure our account with an additional step to login to our account. When 2 step verification is enabled, most of the time you get a text to your linked mobile number after you enter your correct password. This certainly enables extra security measure to stop hackers or unauthorized login to your personal aol.com mail or even business email on AOL.

So you may be wondering, how 2FA works with AOL mail. Well, when you enter your correct aol.com mail password, you will be sent a text to your registered mobile number and on your login screen. Consequently, you will be promoted to a box where you need to enter the code you received from AOL. If you enter the correct code, you will be forwarded to your inbox of AOL mail.

How to set up 2-step verification for AOL.com mail login?

First of all, sign in to your account security page using your AOL username and password.
At the right side of ‘Two Step Verification’ you can see a toggle button, click on it to enable.
Now select your country and then enter your mobile number. After that click either ‘Send SMS’ or ‘Call me’. However, we recommend choosing ‘Send SMS’ option.
You will receive SMS from AOL within few minutes for 2FA. Enter the code you received via text or call and click ‘Verify’ to enable 2-step verification login. If you didn’t receive the verification code from AOL then wait for a few more minutes and either click ‘Resend SMS’ or ‘Call Me’ button to verify your mobile number.
When the code you entered is correct, you will see a screen with Sucess. Congratulation! you successfully enabled your 2 step verification for AOL mail login. Lastly, click ‘Skip for Now’ if you use AOL mail via web browsers. Remember that you need to create app passwords if you have added your AOL mail to other third-party email service providers like Outlook and iOS mail.

What are the minimum system requirements for AOL.com Mail?

You must have your web browsers like Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox up to date to have the best user experience and get the best out of AOL.com mail. Here are the lists of systems best for AOL mail for your reference.

Operating systems that work with the mobile web version of AOL Mail

Android 4.1 and above
iOS 5 and above
Nexus 7
Blackberry 10
WebOS Products

Operating systems that work best with Standard Version of AOL Mail

Windows 7, 8 and 10 / Windows XP (Professional and Home)

The latest version of Firefox
The latest version of Chrome
The latest version of Internet Explorer
The latest version of Safari
AOL Desktop Software 9.0 and above

Change AOL password

Updated on January 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

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 your old password, even they cannot access 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.
- Log in to your AOL account. Here is some help to AOL Mail sign in.
- 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”.
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.
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.
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.

Go to the AOL login page.
Enter the username (AOL email ID) the password of which you want to reset and then click on “Next”.
Click on “I forgot my password”.
Now the different verification modes will be shown to you depending upon the recovery information (Recovery email ID- Recovery mobile number) you have provided.
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.
  - Once you receive the code in the text message, type the code in the field provided for it and then click on “Submit”.
  - 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.
- 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”.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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, duly answer them 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.

AOL Mail Sign Up

Updated on January 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

Need to create an email address? Then why don’t you register AOL Mail? After an AOL Mail sign up, you can access services like AOL Mail, ~~AIM~~, etc. AIM has been discontinued from December 2017.

Why Select AOL Mail?

It’s free to create and use.
Unlimited email storage and 25MB of attachment limit per email.
Includes AOL calendar, AOL Emojis.
Advance spam filters and virus protection.
Available on all platforms. (Laptop, tablet, mobile application)
In addition to email, get the latest headlines, trending videos and many other productivity tools from the AOL homepage.

How to Sign Up for AOL Mail?

Create a new AOL account instantly with the following steps. If you are having any problem while creating AOL Mail, then you can also check where you’ve made a mistake. Create a new account via the mobile app or web browser.

First, visit AOL account creation page from the web browser (Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge).
Alternatively, visit AOL homepage (aol.com) > Click on Mail > Sign Up. For mobile app user, open AOL Mail app > Tap mail icon > Sign up for a Free Account. You’ll reach the sign-up page. Click Sign Up at the bottom of the page.
Enter your first and last name in respective boxes.
- The name you’ve entered will be shown to the people you communicate with. You can change the name later.
- Pick an AOL username. It must be at least three characters long.
  If the username you desire is already taken, you’ll be asked to take another id.
- Create a secure password.
  A secure password consists of capital and small letters, numbers and special characters. Don’t use a password which is easy for others to guess. Re-enter the password to confirm it.
- Enter your mobile number with country code.
- Select your date of birth and gender.
  Some people use fake or random DOB, but we suggest you use the real date of birth.
Security verification page will appear, click ‘Text me a verification code.’
You’ll receive a security code on your phone. Enter the verification code and click finish to complete AOL mail sign up process.
Click ‘Let’s get started’ and you are ready to use the new AOL Mail account.

Finally, AOL mail sign up process is complete. Log into AOL Mail account to use newly created account instantly. Comment below if you have any issues while accessing your AOL account.

AOL Mail sign up from mobile app

Open AOL app from the mobile menu. Don’t have AOL Mail app? Download it for free. iPhone users get it from the App Store and Android users download it from Play Store.
Select the mail icon on the bottom left corner. Tap on ‘Tap to get started with AOL Mail. In the Android phone, it will automatically send you to the AOL login screen. Tap on ‘Sign up’ which is at the bottom of the screen
Fill all the required information and continue.
- Your full name.
- A new email address for AOL.
- Create a new password for the account
- Provide your mobile number.
- Your date of birth.
- Gender (It’s optional, you can skip it if you wish)
Tap ‘Text me a verification code’.
Verify with code, and your AOL mail sign up process is complete.

How to add or create additional AOL username?

Do you know you can have more than one screen name for AOL? You can create an additional six AOL username beside your master screen name.

Visit myaccount.aol.com and log in with your primary username
Select ‘Manage My Usernames’ from the drop-down menu on Username Options
In Add a Screen Name field, enter the username you wish to create and click Add.

Points to consider before making an additional username:

Username should be 3 to 16 letters long
Start your username with a capital letter
You can use letters, numbers, and space in username but can’t use symbols.

However, starting from 30th Nov 2017, option to add and restore deleted usernames is no longer available. To create a new username, you have to follow the AOL sign up the process. And newly formed screen names are treated as separate accounts and won’t be linked to your current AOL account.

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AOL Mail

Procedure to AOL Mail Login

AOL Mail Sign In via Browser

AOL Mail Login via Desktop App

AOL Mail Sign In from Mobile App

Is AOL mail down?

AOL mail login with 2-step verification (2FA)

How to set up 2-step verification for AOL.com mail login?

What are the minimum system requirements for AOL.com Mail?

Operating systems that work with the mobile web version of AOL Mail

Operating systems that work best with Standard Version of AOL Mail

Change AOL password

Reset AOL password

AOL password reset using mobile

AOL password change/reset using recovery email

AOL password reset without recovery phone and email

How to Sign Up for AOL Mail?

AOL Mail sign up from mobile app

How to add or create additional AOL username?