HOW TO Generate a YAHOO APP PASSWORD - standard instructions NOT WORKING!!

Anonymous
2022-06-26T18:40:47+00:00

It seems to be IMPOSSIBLE to generate an APP PASSWORD in order to set up Yahoo Mail in Outlook. I have found all the instructions online but I do NOT find the said options in my Yahoo email account or in My Microsoft account?

I cannot find any clickable command for "generate app password"...i FIND EVERY OTHER OPTION. But Not app password!!

ANy help much appreciated. I seem to have lost my bellsouth email in my outlook!! what a nightmare!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-11-02T18:38:12+00:00

    I have noticed that Yahoo now assigns you only one generated app password for all computers you setup. Before it was for every install of Outlook. The app generator should work again if you deleted Outlook as an approved app. You can copy and use your app generated password on another install of Outlook. If not delete Outlook authorization from Yahoo and the app generator should work.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-02T02:17:51+00:00

    It worked for me too! Thank you so much for alerting us!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-01T17:38:36+00:00

    try to generate passwords now, mine is back up and running today.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-01T11:59:24+00:00

    sadly on the old laptop its outlook 2007 and that does not have an eye that allows me to see the password. Tried to copy and paste to an outlook email that i could send to myself but wont allow me to copy - not even sure it copies onto the clipboard.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-10-31T20:42:59+00:00

    hi - sounds logical and could work. Went into repair and the password was there (asterix so couldnt read it). The password had 16 characters whereas my normal yahoo password only has 12 characters so looking good as the last yahoo app password I tried to generate did have 16 numbers. The problem I now have is how to transfer the password to my other laptop tried to copy and paste to word which I could copy onto a usb and copy and paste again back to my new outlook. Didnt work as I couldnt copy and paste to word. Anyone with any smart ideas how to either allow me to see the password or how to copy it over to my other laptop ??

    Right click the eye icon on the right to show the password. I was able to copy the password and pasted it to an email on Outlook using my Yahoo account and then sent that email to my Hotmail account, I opened my Hotmail account on Outlook on another computer and then used that password to setup my Yahoo account on said computer. I have kept a copy of the password for safekeeping.

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