(Screenshot: )Ĭlick on the Update your security info tile.
(Screenshot: )Ĭlick on My Microsoft account (above). Once in, click on your display name, initials, or icon in the upper right corner: Click on the upper-right icon in. If you can’t sign in, begin by recovering access to your account.
Your ability to sign in is how Microsoft (and any service provider) confirms you’re authorized to make the change. When you think about it, this makes sense: if you didn’t need to sign in, anyone could make the change and steal the account from you. Important: you must be able to sign in to make any changes. What that means is that we’ll be changing the security information associated with your Microsoft account. What you have is a “Microsoft account” that happens to use a Hotmail, MSN, Live, or email address as its identifier. Your Microsoft accountįrom Microsoft’s perspective, you don’t really have a “Hotmail” or “” account. Remove any outdated phone numbers still associated with the account.Click on Add a new way to sign in or verify.Click on My Microsoft account in the upper-right account drop-down.If you enrolled in two-factor authentication before March 21, 2016: Requests will appear on this screen even if you did not receive a push notification. Pull down on the list to refresh for new requests. Note: You can also approve or deny your login requests from within the app by tapping Security, then tapping Login Requests. You can opt into this by clicking request a code sent to your phone via text message when you log in to your account on. You may also receive a login code via SMS text message. Once you approve, you will be immediately logged in to your account on. Open the push notification to approve the login request. When you log in to your account on or on another device using Twitter for iOS, Twitter for Android, or, a push notification may be sent to your phone. If you enrolled in login verification before March 21, 2016: Security keys can be used as your sole authentication method, without any other methods turned on. Note: If you add a security key for additional two-factor authentication protection, we no longer require using another backup method for more protection.
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