A worthwhile guide on AOL mail Password Problems and Email Settings

Hello fellow techies! The present article has been planned to keep in mind the frequent queries we had been receiving about the procedure to Change AOL password, the need for it, the AOL email settings along with the procedure to set up the AOL email account for Verizon email. Before getting into the lengthy procedure, let’s begin by talking a bit about this American web portal.

 

A brief introduction to AOL mail Password Change

 

Coming to the next section of our writeup, the below-mentioned paragraphs are devoted to the various ways to change/reset the AOL mail password. Let’s first look at the cases in which the user must change their AOL password.

 

• If you receive any information about unauthorized access, malware content in regard to your account.
• Right after sharing access to your account with someone else when they no longer use the login.
• After you had logged into your account from a shared or a public computer system, for instance from the public library.
• If it has been over a year that you have not changed the passcode your account.
• Right after a security incident gets disclosed.

 

Let’s get started with the detailed procedural steps to change/ reset the AOL mail password.

 

Change the AOL password on desktop

 

• As the first step, on your desktop, open your AOL account page and enter your username and hit the “Next” button.
• Now on the next page that you will be directed to, click on the link” I Forgot My Password?”.
• Here click on the link “Yes, text me a verification code” on the next page,
• Wait till you receive a code on your, mobile phone number. Enter exactly the same code in the box provided and hit the “Verify” link.
• Now on the next page where it will notify you about the verification success, click on “Create a new password”.
• On the next screen, check the box stating” I am not a robot”. Thereafter you will be provided text boxes to select as per need to the question mention over there, complete the task and press on “Verify”.
• Here enter your new password and hit the “Continue” option provided in the two fields to complete the password resetting process.

 

Change the AOL password without the alternate email

 

In case you do not have an alternate email and you looking to reset your mail password, you can still do it with the below-mentioned ways. Read to know more about them.

 

Change the AOL mail password using your phone number

 

• As the very first step, go to your AOL mail login page and click on the “Log in “link.
• Secondly, enter your AOL login Username and hit the “Next” option.
• Here at this step, select the “Forgot Password” option and proceed to the next step.
• At this step, you will be directed to the password reset application page wherein you will be required to type either your email address or AOL username. Thereafter user would be required to enter the provided code in the CAPTCHA field and hit “Next”.
• On the very next page choose your phone number as the medium to reset your AOL mail password. Thereafter fill in your complete telephone number mention to your AOL mail account and press the “Next” button.
• Now you will be sent a verification code on your provided mobile phone number to verify your identity. Fill that particular code in the provided field and hit the “Next” button.
• As the last step, enter the new password in the two fields provided that you wish to set for your AOL account and click on the “Save” option to complete the entire password reset procedure.

 

Change the AOL mail password by answering the security question you had set while creating your mail account.

 

• As the very first step, go to your AOL mail login page and click on the “Log in “link.
• As the second step, enter your AOL login Username and hit the “Next” option.
• Here click on the “Forgot Password” option to proceed to the next step.
• Here you will now be directed to the password reset application page wherein you will be required to type either your email address or AOL username. Thereafter user will be required to enter the provided code in the given CAPTCHA field and hit “Next”.
• On the very next page choose “Answer security question” as the medium to reset your AOL mail password. Type the answer to the security question asked. For example, if you had answered “Mother” to the question “Who is your favorite person”, type exactly that to prove your true identity in order to be able to reset your account password. Thereafter hit the “Next” button.
• Now if your answer matches the answer you had entered while creating your account, you will be provided two fields to enter your new password twice. Perform that and hit the “Next” option and you are done with the password reset process.

 

Change the AOL password without phone number

 

In case you had not attached your phone number to your AOL mail account and you are wondering about the ways to reset your mail password, we have laid down an easy to perform guide for you that will surely make your work easier. Have a look!

 

Change the AOL mail password by answering the security question you had set while creating your mail account.

 

• Firstly, go to your AOL mail login page and click on the “Log in “link.
• Here enter your AOL login Username and hit the “Next” option.
• Hit on the “Forgot Password” option and proceed to the next step.
• As a user, you will now be directed to the password reset application page wherein you will be required to type either your email address or AOL username. Here the user will be provided to enter the getting code in the CAPTCHA required text and press “Next”.
• On the very next page choose “Answer security question” as the medium to reset your AOL mail password. Type the answer to the security question asked. For example, if you had answered “Mother” to the question “Who is your favorite person”, type exactly that to prove your true identity in order to be able to reset your account password.
•  Hit the “Next” button.
• You will be provided two fields to enter your new password twice if your answer matches the answer you had entered while creating your account. Do that and hit the “Next” option and you are done with the password reset process.

 

Change the AOL mail password with the help of the alternate recovery email.

 

• As the first step, go to your AOL mail login page and click on the “Log in “link.
• As the second step, enter your AOL login Username and hit the “Next” option.
• Hit on the “Forgot Password” option and proceed to the next step.
• The user will now be directed to the password reset application page wherein you will be required to type either your email address or AOL username. Here as a user, you will be provided to enter the provided code in the CAPTCHA field and hit “Next”.
• Enter the recovery/alternate email address that you had provided at the time of setting your AOL email account by clicking on “Try another verification option”.
• Here a link will be sent to your recovery email address. Click on the link which will then redirect you to a page that will then allow you to change AOL password
• In the fields provided enter your new password twice and hit the “Save” option to finish the entire password resetting process.

 

Change the AOL password without security question

 

In case you previously had not answered the security question at the time of making your AOL account and wondering about the procedure to reset the password now. The below-mentioned ways will aid you in resetting your AOL mail password

 

Change the AOL mail password using your phone number

 

• As the first step, go to your AOL mail login page and click on the “Log in “link.
• As the second step, enter the AOL login Username and hit the “Next” option.
•  Hit on the “Forgot Password” option and proceed to the next step.
• As a user, you will now be directed to the password reset application page wherein you will be required to type either your email address or AOL username.
• As the user, you will be provided the space to enter the provided code in the CAPTCHA field and hit “Next”.
• Here on the next page choose your phone number as the medium to reset your AOL mail password.
• Here fill in your complete phone number attached to your AOL mail account and hit the “Next” button.
• You will be sent a verification code on your provided mobile phone number to verify your identity. Fill the same code in the provided space and hit the “Next” button.
• As the last step, enter the new password in the two fields provided. that you intend to set for your AOL account Thereafter, click on the “Save” option to complete the password reset procedure.

 

Change the AOL mail password with the help of the alternate recovery email

 

• As the first step, go to your AOL mail login page and click on the “Log in “ link.
• Here in the second step enter your AOL login Username and hit the “Next” option.
• Click on the Forgot Password option provided on the bottom of the screen.
• Here you will be directed to the password reset application page wherein you will be required to type either your email address or AOL username. Thereafter as a user you will be provided to enter the provided code in the CAPTCHA field and hit “Next”.
• Here at this step, fill in your recovery/alternate email address that you had provided at the time of setting your AOL email account by clicking on “Try another verification option”.
• Now at this step, a link will be sent to your recovery email address. Click on that link which will then redirect you to a page that will then allow you to change your password.
• Here you will be required to enter your new password twice in the fields provided and hit the “Save” option to finish off the password resetting process.

 

A quick way to set up the AOL email account for Verizon email

 

The third segment of the present writeup talks about a quick way to set up the AOL email account for Verizon’s email. Follow the procedural steps below!

• As the first step, tap on the “Settings” icon from the home screen of your system.
• Now click on the “Mail” menu.
• Click on “Accounts” and tap on “Add Account”.
• Here tap on “AOL”.
• Now in this step, type in your name, email address, and password that you had selected at the time of migration process that includes”@verizon.net”.
• As the last step, click on “Next” and follow the onscreen instructions.

 

Know about the AOL email settings!

 

Coming to the last segment of the present writeup, here we will talk about the AOL email settings for verizon.

 

The AOL email IMAP settings:

AOL mail IMAP server address: imap.aol.com

AOL mail IMAP username: Enter your full AOL mail email address.

AOL mail IMAP password: Your AOL mail password

AOL IMAP port: 993

TLS/SSL required: Yes

The AOL email SMTP settings:

SMTP outgoing server address: smtp.aol.com

SMTP port: 465

SMTP security: TLS/SSL

SMTP username: Your full AOL mail email address.

SMTP password: Your AOL mail password that you use to login to AOL mail.

I hope the present writeup helps you in understanding the functioning of the AOL mail along with the AOL mail settings.

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