How to Reset Aol Mail Settings

Written by Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: September 13, 2021

This wikiHow will teach you how to reset or change your AOL Mail settings using a web browser. Unless you saved or memorized the original or default settings for these, you won't be able to easily click a button to revert them but will have to change each setting individually.

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Go to http://mail.aol.com/ and sign in. You can use your mobile or desktop browser to do this.
You'll see it under your username on the right side of the page.

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It's in the drop-down menu under "Options."
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Click the tab for the setting you want to change. You can change the settings for General, Compose, Filter Settings, and Calendar.
- In General, you can change settings for contacts, Mail away messages, New mail, Reading mail, Sender name display, and Today in AOL.
- In Compose, you can change the settings for Cc/Bcc, Default compose mode, font, Sending mail, and Signature.
- In Filter Settings, you can change settings for creating a new filter, deleting existing filters, changing your display name, blocking senders, and editing filters.
- In Calendar, you can change settings for calendar default view, calendar display, and time zone.
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According to an email the AOL team sent out, starting June 2021, AOL will stop allowing connections to some third-party apps and services (like Thunderbird and Outlook) unless you follow the instructions in the email. You can either use the AOL app for mobile phones and tablets, remove/re-add your AOL email to the email service you use (like Thunderbird) to update the security connection, or use an app password.^{[2]
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