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# AWS::Cognito::UserPool AccountRecoverySetting
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The available verified method a user can use to recover their password when they call `ForgotPassword`. You can use this setting to define a preferred method when a user has more than one method available. With this setting, SMS doesn't qualify for a valid password recovery mechanism if the user also has SMS multi-factor authentication (MFA) activated. In the absence of this setting, Amazon Cognito uses the legacy behavior to determine the recovery method where SMS is preferred through email.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your Amazon CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[RecoveryMechanisms](#cfn-cognito-userpool-accountrecoverysetting-recoverymechanisms)" : [ RecoveryOption, ... ]
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [RecoveryMechanisms](#cfn-cognito-userpool-accountrecoverysetting-recoverymechanisms): 
    - RecoveryOption
```

## Properties
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`RecoveryMechanisms`  <a name="cfn-cognito-userpool-accountrecoverysetting-recoverymechanisms"></a>
The list of options and priorities for user message delivery in forgot-password operations. Sets or displays user pool preferences for email or SMS message priority, whether users should fall back to a second delivery method, and whether passwords should only be reset by administrators.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: Array of [RecoveryOption](aws-properties-cognito-userpool-recoveryoption.md)  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `2`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)