AOL app password GENERATOR no longer working - 10-9-2022 and earlier

I know I'm not alone here based on previous Community Q & A. As others have discovered the use of an AOL App password (designed for "better security") is NO LONGER WORKING AS OF Oct 9, 2022. Various AOL accounts (which include the original @verizon.net email dumped by Verizon a few years ago) will fail to obtain an "App Password" - needed typically when setting up or resetting up an AOL account that has been placed under this security requirement. As of 10-9-2022 the AOL technicians I've spoken to (I'm using the word "technician" very loosely here) ARE NOW admitting that it is a known problem that they "are working on". Foolishly I asked for an ETA on the password FIX and was told "just keep checking back every once in a while!" From what I see when I Google the problem or look at the Apple Community - the "FIX" is already a few months in the works. Advice? Perhaps go to your AOL account and ATTEMPT to turn off "App-Specific passwords to be entered instead of your normal password". Rest in Next.

Windows, Windows 6

Posted on Oct 9, 2022 11:35 AM

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Posted on Nov 9, 2022 5:33 PM

Hey everyone after months of dealing with this I finally was able to get the password. I was able to access the password generator through the Microsoft edge browser. Knock on wood but it literally works every time I use it with Edge. To be clear I’m using the Edge app from the IOS App Store on an iPhone 14 pro max. Don’t know if any of those details matter but I want to make sure you have all the info on the table. Good luck!

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Feb 2, 2023 11:41 AM in response to MH-NY

Here we are again on Feb 2nd 2023 and the AOL password generator is again not woprking and when I try to ask for help all I get is a message that I can view my emails via the aol webmail which is no comfort at all since I need to re-install my aol emails into my Outlook browser which I use for all of my business and personal emails and can easily switch from one to another.


I cannot get my head around why the password generator might work on some occasions but it is never working when I need it.



Mar 11, 2023 8:23 AM in response to MH-NY

Hi folks. March 11th and the app password generator is not working for me. I tried Firefox (normal and private), Chrome (normal and incognito), and Safari (normal and private) by some miracle this was - in any way - related to the browser. I also attempted to create the password with a simple device name (no caps, spaces, just "mac" lower case", again just by chance if it'd help. No dice.

Mar 14, 2023 6:27 AM in response to MH-NY

I have 3 AOL emails. I was able to generate passwords for 2 of them without any issue. Been trying for days to generate the 3rd password that is "currently unavailable". Had no idea this was an issue. The Mail App on my Mac is corrupt and forced to get a new email app. Good thing I didn't pay for the replacement because I can't get all my emails on it.

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