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Go to the Yahoo website from your browser and select the settings icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Use the instructions at the beginning of this article to add your account to Outlook, but when Outlook asks for your password, enter your app password. Make a note of this password, as you'll need it when you add your account to Outlook. Your app password will be displayed on the next screen. Scroll down to the app passwords section, and then choose Create a new app password. Under More security options, select Explore. Go to, click your initials in the upper right, and then select View Account. If you're using two-factor authentication for, use the following steps to generate an app password. Copy this password (without the spaces) and enter this password when Outlook prompts you for a password. Google will display an app password for you. At the bottom of the next screen, select Mail and Windows Computer from the drop-down lists, then select Generate. Under Password & sign-in method, select App passwords.Įnter your Google password and then select Sign in. Return to the previous screen by clicking the left arrow at the top of the screen next to 2-Step Verification.
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Then click NEXT.Įnter the code you received and click NEXT.Ĭlick TURN ON to finish setting up 2-step verification.
#Add gmail to outlook 2016 verification#
If prompted, enter your Gmail password and then click NEXT.Įnter your phone number and select whether you want to receive your verification codes by text message or a phone call. Under Password & sign-in method, if 2-Step Verification is OFF, click the > next to OFF. Under Sign-in & security, select Signing in to Google. Go to Gmail from your browser, then select the Google apps icon in the upper right corner of the screen. To turn on two-factor authentication and get an app password, use the following steps. We recommend turning on two-factor authentication and using an app password. Gmail does allow you to add your account to Outlook without setting up two-factor authentication and using an app password, but you must turn on a setting that allows 'less secure apps' to connect to your account. Select your provider in the drop-down for instructions. The steps to obtain an app password are different for each email provider. Please sign in using your application password. One way you'll know you need an app password is if you see the following message: 2-factor authentication is set up for your account. This is a different password than your regular email account password. To add your email account to Outlook, you’ll need an app password, also known as an application password. Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud,, and AOL accounts all use two-factor authentication to help verify that you’re the person trying to access your email account.
If Outlook won’t accept your password and you know you’re using the password for your email account, you might have an email account that requires additional security.
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To update your email settings such as incoming and outgoing server names, see Update your email settings in Outlook for PC. If you need instructions for adding an email account using advanced settings, see Use advanced setup to add a POP or IMAP email account in Outlook for PC.
If prompted, enter your password again, then select OK > Finish to start using your email account in Outlook. Some third-party email providers, like Gmail, Yahoo, and iCloud, require you to change some settings on their websites before you can add these accounts to Outlook.Įnter your name, email address, and password, and click Next.
#Add gmail to outlook 2016 for mac#
Improved authentication for existing Gmail users If you have a Google account added to Outlook for Mac earlier to the release of improved authentication experience for Google IMAP accounts, then you will need to sign-in. Select Done to start using Outlook 2016 for Mac. In Office 365 environment the only time that we need to use the possibility of creating Outlook mail profile manually is in case that the required DNS setting for the Autodiscover record is missing and, we cannot use other “workaround” for the task of configuring Outlook. When you're opening Outlook 2016 for Mac for the first time, you have to click on Next (arrow) on the Welcome to Outlook screen, then on Get started to start the configuration.