How do I change my email password in iOS 10?

Very small sample size (2) but it seems that only 1 iOS device automatically connects. Lets see if we get any other feedback.

Just a thought...... My wife uses completely different account settings for icloud & mail on her iphone & ipad. But has a login for our work yahoo account. Even though I've changed the password on yahoo site she still has full access with no change of password required. Therefore I assume that should my details be held on any apple device a password is either not required or auto updated?

If someone has your password, and was maybe logged into a yahoo app on an iPhone, wouldn't their app update automatically too? How would yahoo be able to differentiate between apple devices?

fir example: I have my work email on my wife's iPad as well as my own iPhone. If she was to (rhetorically) leave me , how could I ensure that she would not automatically receive every subsequent password change?

Facebook etc give you the option to log out all other devices, but this isn't an option for email.

I have to be missing something.

The only way to be totally safe is to log in via your browser, navigate to Apps connected to your device and delete each one. You can then enter a password to get into your mail via your Apple device in settings. Just remember to do this each time you change passwords. I think Yahoo should advise this, but as with many communication companies it's hard to find a way to contact them to suggest this!

I could not find the "password" link when I did what you mention. It was there in iOS9 but is not there for me in iOS10. How do you then change your password? Does that option only appear after you disconnect or delete your devices?

Thank you!

You won't be able to input the password until you have deleted your iOS device from Yahoo using your browser.

Thank you! Now it's starting to make sense.

Same problem here.

However, I ignored the reply about deleting the account and starting over, and just tried to access my mailbox as usual. It took a few seconds with a blank page then I got a window pop-up saying my Yahoo Mailbox password had been changed and to click on a button to change it in my Yahoon settings.

I did this and it seemed to take me to an online page (Yahoo) where my email address field was already populated, and I just had to insert my new password.

Did that and it all worked perfectly again!! Job done 🙂

Unfortunately after deleting the iOS device yahoo mail through the mail option in settings still does not allow for login. In fact, it attempts to pull up a page and then closes it without any information to be entered. Anyone else experiencing this or have a solution?

I Have an issue can't get into yahoo email it says touch to open an won't let me open I never set up the touch to get in my email

Have you tried logging in using an iOS device without the touch feature or via pc or mac?

I stumbled across this after having issues with my hotmail account on iphone this evening. Same thing no password or other settings when you click the account.

As hotmail was working on all my other devices I decided to remove the account on my phone and start again.

The trick here is when you click on the add account , DONT select the yahoo icon , just opt for other account at the bottom of the list. Once you add an account this way the info is always show when you go into setting>mail>accounts>

Hope this helps

I have iPad Pro with iOS 10, for me its the following:

Mail > Accounts > Yahoo account > click on Account

Where it says Outgoing Mail Server click on SMTP

Under Other SMTP Servers click on the server listed (should be smtp.mail.yahoo.com)

You should then see your information including the Password field.

Hope this helps anyone with the same issue.

Nope. I changed my password at Yahoo just fine. There's no mechanism in the IOS UI to enter a new/changed password. This isn't Yahoo's issue, it's Apple's.

da moof wrote:

Nope. I changed my password at Yahoo just fine. There's no mechanism in the IOS UI to enter a new/changed password. This isn't Yahoo's issue, it's Apple's.

No it isn't. As has been discussed at length in this and other threads its up to the specific email provider what settings are available through the UI in iOS devices.

I can happily change my password for my work email, my ISPs email and other email accounts I have directly on the iOS device UI. It's only providers like Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail that limit this option.

Apple clearly provides the UI to do so. It would not make sense to provide the option for some types of accounts and not for others if you have the ability. Instead its the mail service providers through their preset configuration wizards that limit these options.

I have not tried it, but I'm guessing it you were to setup a Yahoo account manually rather than through the preset option it would also have the option to change the password.