Trouble Signing in on the Cox Website

1. Make sure the CapsLock and NumLock keys on the computer keyboard are unlocked.
2. Re-enter your password.

1. Click the Forgot Password? link in the Sign In box on www.cox.com.
2. Enter your User ID.
3. Follow the instructions to reset your password. For security, you will enter your Secret Answer to the Secret Question.
4. Return to the Sign In box and log in with the new password.

• The system "locks out" additional login attempts.
• This lock out is intended to block unauthorized access to your account.
• If your login fails after several attempts, click the Forgot Password? link to reset your password.

Note: Cox cannot undo or remove a "lock out" in process.

1. Click the Forgot User ID link in the Sign In box.
2. For security, you will provide your Cox 16-digit account number, PIN, or the last four digits of your Social Security Number and the Secret Answer to your Secret Question.
   
   Result: The User ID of the account holder displays.
    
   The account holder can look up the User ID of an Authorized User by clicking My Connection on the Home page, My Account, then Manage Users.

1. If the Secret Answer has been forgotten, contact Cox Customer Support to either reset the password or look up the User ID so you can log in and update the Secret Answer.
2. Return to the Cox homepage and Sign In with your User ID and Password.
3. Click My Account, then Edit Secret Question. Select a new Secret Question and enter a new Secret Answer.

• If the email is not a cox.net email, then verify your primary contact email, see Changing Your Primary Contact Email on Cox.com.
• If the email is a cox.net email, then reset your email factor to a non-cox.net email address, see Resetting Your Authentication Factors in My Account.

The One-Time Passcode has been entered incorrectly.

• Verify the code you are entering matches the code received on your authentication factor method and re-enter the code.
• Remember that the code expires in five minutes after you have received it. You may need to click Re-send code to have a new code sent to you.

• If you have not received the one-time passcode via your authentication factor, then click Re-send code.
• When the new passcode is received, enter the new code in the Enter code field within five minutes.

Note: After requesting a new code, the previously sent code is no longer valid.

• After five unsuccessful attempts of entering a One-Time Passcode, your account is locked and you are unable to login for 30 minutes.
• Wait 30 minutes and sign in again using the multifactor authentication.