What to do when Yahoo cannot detect your location?

by Kalvin S. Cyber Security Expert

Yahoo is a very popular Email service which can be used to send and receive emails. You can use it on any device irrespective of the operating system you are working on. It can also be used on mobile devices with the help of different apps. A number of problems are encountered by the Yahoo users while using the same. Its usability on different platforms increases the complexity of the problems manifold. The problems of different devices differ a great deal along with the ways to solve the problem. You need to make sure that you use Yahoo Email account on a regular basis, else you may suffer the deletion or deactivation of Yahoo account.

One such problem arises when Yahoo cannot detect your location. Based on the device you are using this problem may arise due to a number of reasons. Each of the problems has their own set of solutions.

What happens when Yahoo cannot detect your location?

There are certain location-specific features which are provided by Yahoo. But, if the Yahoo mail can no longer detect the location, you can no longer use these location-specific services. With the help of Yahoo location feature your Yahoo pages, like Weather and Movies are personalized. Even the results displayed are not up to the mark. Sometimes, the logins are shown from the unspecified devices or unrecognized locations. Then you need to verify your identity every time you wish to log in.

How to fix the issue when Yahoo cannot detect your location?

To take care of such problems, you need to perform certain actions to fix these issues, so that you are not troubled by these issues. Here you are provided with the steps to resolve the error when Yahoo can no longer detect your location. Just going through the steps mentioned below will help you fix this issue:

Open Yahoo mail on your browser. Make sure that the browser is the one recommended by Yahoo and you are using the latest version of the web browser.
Clear your browser preferences, cache, and cookies. If possible reset your browser settings as well.
Delete the temporary files available on your device.
Remove any conflicting software installed on your device.
Restart your browser.
Remove or disable any malicious plug-ins, add-ons, or extensions based on the browser but before doing that open it in the Incognito mode or turn the private browsing mode on. Check if the problem does not persist in the Incognito mode.
Try any other browser to access the Yahoo services.
Restart your device and there are quite good chances that your problem will be fixed.

If even then the problem with your account is not fixed, you need to perform some activities that will help you change the settings of your account.

The location is verified based on the IP address. The location can be updated with the help of current location.
You can also change the current location on your own.
For this, open the Yahoo mail account on your web browser and log in to your account.
Hover over the Gear icon. A drop-down menu appears after which you need to click on the Settings link.
Browse to the "Locations and languages" settings.
You click on the button “Detect my location”.
In case the location is detected correctly, you need to click on the Yes button. Else choose the no button.
You can also enter your city and zip code location in the search box.
You can also select the location from the drop down menu where a list of the existing location is displayed. You can select any location form the list of options.
You can also remove existing location from your location history. The location history can either be deleted individually or based on the date range. The location can be removed either one by one or all at once.

If even the above steps do not fix your problem, you can contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider). There might be some errors at your ISP’s end. After the problem is fixed at their end, the problem at your end will be fixed too. If you are facing any problem with your account, like forgotten Yahoo password, hacked account, recover deleted Yahoo account, etc. just give a call on Yahoo customer service number +1-888-259-9422 and get the problem fixed by the experts.

Dial Yahoo toll-free number:

+1-888-259-9422 US/CA

+44-800-051-3717 UK

+61-180-082-5192 AUS

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