# Add a recovery email in Amazon Settings
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**Warning**  
We're currently releasing our new experience to a limited number of customers. You might not be able to access this experience yet.

You can add a recovery email in Amazon Settings. This is an alternate email address that you can use to regain access to Amazon Settings if you lose access to your primary sign-in method.

We recommend that you add a recovery email to secure your account.

**To add a recovery email**

1. Open Amazon Settings at [https://settings.aws.com](https://settings.aws.com).

1. In the main navigation pane, choose **Manage security and sign-in**.

   You'll be redirected to your Amazon Builder ID profile.

1. For **Authentication**, choose **Add recovery email**.

1. For **Recovery email**, enter an alternate email address.

   We will send a verification code to your email address. The code is valid for 10 minutes.

1. Enter the verification code and choose **Verify email**.