If you have been using Yahoo for emailing or other official purposes, you need help logging in to your account. Also, if you have deleted your account and wish to recover all the important documents or mail, you don't have to worry as long as you have your backup email or recovery phone number. 

Steps to recover your Yahoo Account

• Get on to the official website of Yahoo and look for the option or page where you need to enter your credentials. 

• Enter your email address Yahoo, and proceed further by clicking on the continue option.

• In case you don't remember your email address, in that case, you can enter your recovery phone number or email address. 

• Your recovery email or number will be partially displayed on your screen for you to get a better idea of it. 

• Enter the recovery mail, and a confirmation code will be sent to your recovery email or phone number. 

• Please enter the verification code to proceed further with it. Once you enter the code, your account will automatically get recovered. 

• You can enter and change your password if you can't access your old password. 

• You have to click the 'Create a new password' option and enter a new one different from your old one.

• You have to enter it twice for the recovery and confirmation, and it needs to be strong as per the description given to you on the screen. 

• Click on the 'Continue' option once you are done with your password, after which you'll get logged in to your account. 

• Once you get into your account, you have the option to add or remove an additional recovery account,k as per the access of the accounts. To change the accounts, you need to follow the on-screen instructions to choose the option accordingly. 

Additional points to remove while recovering your account

• If you don't even have access to your recovery email or phone number, in that case, you can connect with the agent over the Yahoo customer service team and ask them to recover your account for you. 

• If you last used or logged in to your account more than 12 months ago, in that case, you won't be able to access it anymore, as it will get permanently deleted from your Yahoo server. 

• While verifying your phone number, you may get asked to enter the two missing digits to confirm that the number is correct and you are the authorized person to get access to it. 

Bottom Line

The users can also seek help by dialing the Yahoo customer service number 800-305-7664 to get assistance.