This is a question that arises surprisingly often, and once you see how easy it is for your friend to check her email on your America Online (AOL) account, you’ll also be surprised!
When you’re at the main login screen for your AOL account, before you click on the “Log in” button, click on the small black triangle immediately adjacent to your account name. You’ll see a pop-up menu that includes the value Guest:
Chose the “Guest” value, click on “Sign On”, and your guest will then see:
All she has to do is enter her account and password properly, and she’ll be logged in as if she were on her own computer at home.
It’s also worth remembering that if you don’t have the AOL software handy, you can always log in to AOL by using their Web-based interface. Simply go to AOL.com and you’ll see a login area on the top right.
Hope that helps out!
83 thoughts on “Log in to America Online (AOL) as a guest?”
Does anyone know what happened to the AOL mail log in recent activity feature? It used to be available and now it’s gone. I need log in activity list. Thanks
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I have gotten phone calls that someone is using my AOL account. please close off for me.
i installed aol desktop on my husbands laptop and i put my screen name instead of his screen name and now i can sign on and he have to sign on as guest. can i change his screen name as the account holder and me as a guest?
just..opened..my..laptop..and.can.not.go.futher,.as.a.new..thing.has..appeared..asking.password..i..never..ever..had.a.password
How do I block “guest” and keep it from popping up on my sign in screen. I want to be able to keep someone off my computer. Is it possible to block them completely?
I wanna know , how do I sign up ?
i am trying to log onto my AOL email from another computer in the UK, but it won’t accept my username or password. this happened to me when i traveled out of state as well. i can only log onto AOL from my computer at home. why? how can i check my aol email? what can i do to resolve this???
You have to pay for aol now. I am not. $40-44$ for the cheap aol mail. I will notify all businesses I do business with and that will be that. Fortunately I have printed off my mailing list.
Good luck. No one is answering the phone number provided. Just a broken record promise to “be right with you”.
my son came home for the weekend and used my computer and now i cant use the e-mail on my
outlook express. keep getting box that says
errow on send. what can i do?
I have been a AOL member for years. I have just purchased a new computer. I have also just linked up to high speed internet via Comcast. I would like to down load AOL so I would be as I was. HOWEVER the 9.0 didsc I have is scrathed and I need a new one to program my new computer. Please send me one : Bruce Donharl ,310 Folsom Ave, Egg Harbor Twp. , NJ 08234
I have a aol e-mail account that someone has hacked into and changed my password and security question, now I can’t get in it. What can I do?
I have a aol e-mail and also pay for an account.
all I use AOL for is my e-mail how can I just use my e-mail and not pay for AOL.
At one time I had my facebook on the page with my aol email….now I don’t want that because everytime I am on my aol mail account it shows the facebook F up in the corner. I have logged off of facebook, and off of my aol mail, but it keeps sayings on facebook I am logged on to more than one facebooks. what can I do?
reffering to guests sign in; what if the guest doesnot have a password no.?
My wife is on my homenetwork and, in the past, I have been able to switch to her signon after putting in her password. Now, it doesn’t remember her password and every time she asks me to check her mail I have to re-enter her password.
It is doing the same thing with me when I try to check My Calendar or Finance. What’s up doc?
How can I get into my AOL mail without being a guest? Thanks
My husbands Vista computer always comes up with his e-mail automatically. I have my own address in aol. In xp no problem. How do I get my e-mail on his (our only computer) ??
how do I remove the guest option from my drop down of sign on names
Dear Dave: Recently acquired my daughter’s computer. Can only sign on as guest. Cannot access my favorites as guest. How can I sign on as owner of computer and not as guest?
AS someone above stated, after a dozen attempts to download AOL software into my vista powered laptop with no success, I am ready to have vista taken out and xp put back in. Any suggestions on how I can get aol to load and function on this new machine would be a great help.
How do I stop one screen name from signing onto aol via guest. My step daughter is not allowed on aol but uses the gues feature to sign on our computer via the guest name under her mothers aol account
when i enter my username and pasword it wont let me in my mail my screenname is PEARSONFAMILY101
We have a broadband connection at home and use aol. I have a laptop plugged into the router, and my wife has a laptop using wireless. When we go to our condo, we bring the laptop, and we plug it directly into broadband. When we returned home, she cannot log onto aol using her screen name. It immediately begins trying to set up a dialup connection. If she uses the Guest identifier, it does allow her to sign in with her screen name. She also lost her Save on my PC emails.
I an a guest and I want to get into my AOL e-mail on a friends computer. How do I do this?
how can I enable my quest log in
Hi, I disabl;ed my guest controls, but now i need them enabled, how do i enable them, I seem to have forgotten.
AOL recently revamped their home page (lovely) and now I sign in to my mail successfully but my address book is missing and an error says “unable to download address book”. Been through almost all of AOL searching, don’t get answer from “feedback” and can’t get a person calling AOL. Any help in getting my address book (and tons of it’s information) back? thanks….linda sue
my name is david, my wife has an aol acount and i also have an aol screen name but i forgot my password. how can i log on as a guest on her account to get my password
I disabled my guest access, now i want enable it again but i can’t.
AOL 9.0 VR
How do i delete or turn off Guest access on my aol
how do I find out were my guest was searching the web. Is it possible? I do not know my neices guest name. But is was done on my computer. Can I see were my guest traveled. I would like to block all friends. How? Please help. Thank you.
how do i remove aol guest.