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jtfab75's avatar
jtfab75
On our wavelength
9 days ago

Lost Virginmedia.co.uk email password

I can’t remember my virginmedia.co.uk password.

 I have a main one with blueyonder.co.uk and also a secondary blueyonder email address. I had to reset these Saturday but having problems with my Virginmedia password.

thanks

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  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person

    There are no such things as "primary" and "secondary" mailboxes (email addresses).  That was done away with months ago.  Every mailbox is now a separate entity and is accessed via it's own VMO2ID account.  Have you created these account for each mailbox?

    • Tony_'s avatar
      Tony_
      Superfast

      They have sorta tried to do that... to take away the difference between primary and secondary... but...  if I log in to the My Virgin Media app on my phone with what I call a secondary account I get a message at the top saying "As you've logged in as a secondary account holder your access to account information will be limited."  

      Tony_

      • coenoby's avatar
        coenoby
        Very Insightful Person

        Tony_​ ""As you've logged in as a secondary account holder your access to account information will be limited." 

        Yes that's normal. It is referring more to the specific details of you VM package, details of your monthly VM bills etc. 

        If you want to reset the account password for the email account it's easier to do that by signing into the My Virgin Media Account (MVA) for this "secondary" email account  via a browser rather than the VM app.  From memory I think the app forces you to that anyway, but I could be wrong there.

        Once you've signed into the MVA using a browser:

        1) To generate a new Mail App Password to use in email apps and clients such as Outlook

        Select Account Settings
        Select Identity & Security Settings
        Select Manage your products
        Select Manage email app password
        Click on the blue button 'Get New Password' 

        2) To reset the Password for accessing the VM webmail account

        Select Account Settings
        Select Identity & Security Settings
        Then select Security Settings (rather than Identity settings)
        Under "Authentication Methods" Select Password which allows you set a new password.

        Coenoby

  • Hi jtfab75 

    Thanks for posting and welcome back to the community.

    Have you tried the option of 'verifying another way' when you enter the email, then the next screen where the password is, will give you this option?

    Best wishes.

    • jtfab75's avatar
      jtfab75
      On our wavelength

      That option has not come up. I have a primary and secondary blueyonder email address’ , I should be able to get the password from here at least.

      thannks

      • Sabrina_B's avatar
        Sabrina_B
        Icon for Forum Team rankForum Team

        Hi jtfab75 👋.

        Thanks for the update on this, the verify another way will be on your primary email address, clicking this should bring up the secondary questions to get into your account and reset the password.