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If you no longer have your Security Key, use these steps: Go to the Sign-In Helper. Sign in and go to the AOL Account Security page. Turn off Security Key 2-Step Verification. When you get your Security Key back or get a new key, you can re-enable 2-Step Verification in your Account Security settings.
To manage and recover your account if you forget your password or username, make sure you have access to the recovery phone number or alternate email address you've added to your AOL account. If you know your username but need to reset your password, make sure you create a strong password after you're back in your account.
Sign in to the AOL Account Security page. Scroll to the bottom of the page. First add a new email or phone number. Enter your new recovery info and follow the on-screen prompts. Click remove next to the old recovery option. Click Remove email or Remove phone to confirm.
Tell us one of the following to get started: Sign-in email address or mobile number; Recovery phone number; Recovery email address
Account recovery typically bypasses mobile-phone two-factor authentication. [2] [failed verification] Modern smartphones are used both for receiving email and SMS. So if the phone is lost or stolen and is not protected by a password or biometric, all accounts for which the email is the key can be hacked as the phone can receive the second factor.
Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary software programs. Product activation prevents unlimited free use of copied or replicated software. Unactivated software refuses to fully function until it determines whether it is authorized to fully function. Activation allows the software to stop blocking its use.
During the installation process or software launch, the user is asked to enter the key; if the key is valid (typically via internal algorithms), the key is accepted, and the user can continue. Product keys can be combined with other DRM practices (such as online "activation"), to prevent cracking the software to run without a product key, or ...
It may be possible for your AOL account to be removed or become inaccessible, depending on a variety of circumstances. If this happens, you can create a new AOL account. However, your old username won't be available for you to use again. The following actions can result in an account being deleted: • You requested your account be deleted.