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password on email account requested, when I click on the link, it takes me to the ‘general’ tab in settings

Both my iPad and iPhone keep asking me for my password on one of my email accounts. When I click on the link, it takes me to the ‘general’ tab in settings, and I can find no area there where that account is listed. Everything works fine, so I don’t know what the problem is. Any ideas? This has been going on for months.


Thanks.

Posted on Jun 26, 2021 11:52 PM

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Posted on Jun 27, 2021 2:43 AM

Using iOS/iPadOS 13 or earlier: Settings>Password & Account

Using iOS/iPadOS 14 or later: Settings>Mail>Account

That said, have you already tried to delete that email account, restart your iPad (or iPhone), then re-add that account?

Regards

Giulio

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Jun 27, 2021 10:28 AM in response to TwoCollieTom

Many email providers, including Microsoft, have switched to using App Specific Passwords when using anything other than their own Mail App. In such cases, you will need to generate a unique password for your iPad email account - that will differ from your normal Account Password.


AOL, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft all use App Specific Passwords when using anything other than their own email client Apps.


If you need to generate an App Specific Password, you’ll need to log-in to your Mail Providers account management webpage - using a web browser - and generate the Password from the appropriate account security page.


More information about AOL’s App Specific Passwords can be found here:

https://help.aol.com/articles/allow-apps-that-use-less-secure-sign-in?guccounter=1


For Yahoo, more information can be found here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN27791.html


For Gmail:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB


Microsoft:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/using-app-passwords-with-apps-that-don-t-support-two-step-verification-5896ed9b-4263-e681-128a-a6f2979a7944

password on email account requested, when I click on the link, it takes me to the ‘general’ tab in settings

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