Unable to login to yahoo account, not used for 6 years

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Pvk - Jul 3, 2016 at 02:01 PM
Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Jul 9, 2016 at 05:46 AM
Hello,


My yahoo id is love ***@***.
It's a very old account and I have not logged in to it since 6 years. I was in US 6 years back. Now I have moved to India. I no longer have the US phone number or the alternate email id active.
I know the password but when I login it asks for location verification. But since the phone number is inactive I can't verify the account.

How do I login to yahoo email account now?
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Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Jul 3, 2016 at 04:48 PM
Hi

After 12 months of inactivity, Yahoo accounts are deleted from the server, imagine after 6 years.
But. I'm able to login to my account.. It does not say account inactive. Only thing is I don't have access to verification phone number.
It says I'm logging in from a different location hence it needs to verify and sends verification code to old phone number which is in inactive now.
Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166 > Pvk
Jul 4, 2016 at 04:53 AM
Try to send an e-mail to your Yahoo account, wait an hour and tell me if it bounces back.
Hi..
My account is still active for sure. I sent three mails to the email ID and it did not bounce back. I waited for 3/4 days now and did not get a delivery failed email. My account is active and I'm able to login as well. But after logging in it is asking for location verification. How to get past that?