Outlook (Outlook.com)
provides four different ways for recovering its account password. These ways
include using of alternative email, phone number, app, and answering security
questions. Its users can use any of these ways or the entire ways to recover
their account password.
The steps for
recovering Outlook account password are user-friendly. Outlook users need to
login into their account and then follow few steps to recover their account
password. Let us see the complete steps from start to end.
Steps
from start to end for recovering Outlook account password:
Step 1: Open Outlook
sign in page and then tap on “Can’t access your account?” link. A password
recovery page will open.
Step 2: On this page,
select “I forgot my password” option and then tap on the Next button.
Step 3: Enter your email
address or phone number in “Email or phone” text field and then enter the
Captcha code that you see on your screen.
Step 4: Select a method
to verify your email account from these methods: Email, Use an app, Text, and I
don’t have any of these.
Email:
If you have provided a secondary email address for your account password
recovery then you need to choose Email method and then verify your account.
Use
an app: If you have Microsoft Outlook app in your mobile
phone then you use it create a code to verify your identity.
Text
or phone number: If you have given mobile number for
your account password recovery then you can verify your account by using your
mobile number.
I don’t have any of
these: If the entire above methods are not working then you need to click on “I
don’t have any of these” option. After that you need to answer some simple
questions related to your account so that your account can be verified.
Step 5: Recover your
Outlook account password by creating a new password.
Outlook
technical support, a different method for recovering account password:
Outlook users with less
computer knowledge can also go for third party Outlook technical support for
fixing this issue. Third party technical support is provided by a hardworking
team who work in rotational shifts.