Yahoo wants a phone number, and it does not take no for an answer. No code, no charge: nothing is billed for a number that stays silent. So borrow one — choose a market in SMS For U, give the number to Yahoo, and the Yahoo code arrives in your account by itself, seconds after Yahoo sends it. 1,400 services sit in the same catalogue, with numbers from markets across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
How you get your code
- Start in SMS For U by looking up Yahoo.
- The app lists the countries open for Yahoo at this moment; choose one of those.
- Say yes, and a working number is on your screen immediately.
- Hand that number to Yahoo at the sign-up form, or Account security → Phone numbers, then trigger the code.
- Watch it land in SMS For U by itself, and paste it back where Yahoo asked.
Why a phone number is asked for
Yahoo uses the phone number as a second factor and as the recovery path for the whole account, mail included. Yahoo asks for it on the sign-up form, before the account exists at all. The number goes in at: the sign-up form, or Account security → Phone numbers. Yahoo can ask for the same number again later — on a new device, after a password change or during a routine check. Bear that in mind before you tie an account to a number you will not have access to in a month.
What the code looks like
Yahoo sends a short numeric code by SMS. Whatever Yahoo texts to the number is delivered into your SMS For U account automatically, a few seconds behind Yahoo, with nothing to forward. The window Yahoo allows is short, so do not leave the code sitting in your account. One number can usually serve more than one Yahoo account, although Yahoo may limit that.
What can go wrong
Yahoo accepts numbers from many countries but not from all of them. Which countries work for Yahoo changes over time, because Yahoo adjusts its checks and because the available ranges of numbers change. That is the honest state of it — we can hand you a number, we cannot make Yahoo take it. Nothing on this page is a promise that Yahoo will accept a number, and no success figure is printed here, because any figure would be out of date by the time you read it.
Countries we serve
We work in the 50 markets set out below, and a Yahoo number can come from any of them at one time or another. That is a map of our reach, not a stock report: what is free for Yahoo moves hour by hour as ranges are spent and replenished. Before you count on a particular market for Yahoo, look at the country screen in the app, which is the one place this question has a current answer.
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Poland
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Finland
- Ireland
- Czechia
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Iceland
- USA
- Canada
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Argentina
- Colombia
- India
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Australia
- South Africa
- Nigeria
- Turkey
- Ukraine
Common questions
How do I get a Yahoo verification code without my own SIM card?
Open SMS For U, search for Yahoo and pick a country. You get a real phone number, you enter it at Yahoo (the sign-up form, or Account security → Phone numbers), and the code Yahoo sends appears in your SMS For U account by itself. No SIM card is involved, and the Yahoo number is not yours to keep.
How fast does the Yahoo code arrive?
The Yahoo code appears in your account within seconds of Yahoo sending it. How long Yahoo itself takes is up to Yahoo and to the country the number comes from, which is why nothing here is worded as a promise.
What happens if no Yahoo code arrives?
You do not pay for a Yahoo number that brought no code. Cancel the order in the app and the payment is refunded as soon as the cancellation is confirmed. That is the whole rule, and it is why a failed Yahoo attempt costs nothing: no code, no charge.
Which countries can I use for Yahoo?
Yahoo numbers come from the 50 markets listed on this page. Which of them can be picked for Yahoo at this moment is on the country screen in the app: that list moves through the day, and a page in a search index cannot keep up with it.
Can I use the same number for Yahoo again later?
Sometimes. Yahoo can ask for the same number again on a new device, and a used Yahoo number is not reserved for you indefinitely. If you need lasting access to a Yahoo account, use a number of your own.