AOL begins charging to use AOL Desktop software – here’s how to keep accessing your email for free
AOL has been notifying their users about a required update to their “AOL Desktop” software, that will require the payment of a $4 monthly fee. To avoid the fee you can access your AOL email and the rest of the internet via another web browser on your computer such as Chrome or Firefox, and navigate to mail.aol.com
Computer Techs can assist you with making the change to another browser, including importing any favorite websites that you may have stored in AOL Desktop. Contact us to schedule a convenient remote or on-site visit.
For more information about the change, continue reading below…
If you sign up for AOL Desktop Gold, your email will be migrated to the new version of the software. If you do not to upgrade to AOL Desktop Gold, you may still access your email using the old version of AOL Desktop software. However, you will not be able to send or receive new email in the old versions. For more information, please refer to our help article What happens to my email if I do not upgrade to AOL Desktop Gold?.