In plain English
It is a contact email address connected to an account. Its purpose is to help with getting back into that account when the user cannot sign in.
In context
Here, "recovery email" names the email address to provide as the account's recovery contact.
- Situation
- Account recovery, locked-account support, reactivation, and closure requests
- What it communicates
- names the email field used for recovery contact details
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not show whether that address is current, reachable, or enough on its own to recover the account.
Examples
“The account listed a recovery email that was different from the address he used to sign in.”
“During setup, she entered her old university address as the recovery email for the account.”