How to Change Your Yahoo! Mail Password

Changing your Yahoo! Mail password, if not inevitable, is necessary. Regularly changing your password not only keeps your password from being guessed by your friends, but it also protects your account from being accessed by phishers or scammers. Here is a step-by-step instruction on how you can change your current Yahoo! Mail password.

Log in to your Yahoo! account

The first step in changing your Yahoo! password is, of course, to log-in to your Yahoo! Mail account. After all, logging in to your Yahoo! account is the only way you can modify your account settings.

Select the Account Info option

Point your cursor to the “Hi, [username]” link on the upper right corner of your Yahoo! Mail homepage and wait for a drop-down menu to appear. Choose the Account Info option to open your Yahoo! Mail account information page. If you are using the All-New Yahoo! Mail instead of the Classic Yahoo! Mail, you will find the “Hi, [username]” link not on the upper right corner of the homepage but on the upper left side. The position of the “Hi, [username]” link, however, is not the only difference between the layout of the All-New and the Classic Yahoo! Mail. The Account Info option has been renamed Edit My Account in the newer version.

Click on the Change Password link

You can find the Change Password link on the upper part of your Yahoo! Mail account information page. It is situated just below your Yahoo! Mail address. Clicking this usually blue-highlighted link opens the Change Your Yahoo! Password page.

Enter a new Yahoo! Mail password

There are three blank fields on the Change Your Yahoo! Password page: a field for your current password, your new password, and a confirmation of your new password. Enter the correct letters or numbers into their corresponding fields and click the SAVE button to successfully change your Yahoo! Mail password.