- you can choose to delete your yahoo account with a few clicks, but yahoo will delete it completely after about a month.
- if you change your mind, you can get your account back as long as sign in again within 30 days.
- Before you can delete your account, you must cancel all paid yahoo subscriptions.
Your yahoo account gives you access to a variety of online resources, including yahoo mail, personalized settings on the yahoo home page, and photo and video uploads to flickr. If you decide you no longer need or want these services, you can cancel your Yahoo account.
how to delete your yahoo account
It only takes a few clicks to delete your yahoo account. Doing this disables all yahoo services, including email, flickr, and your yahoo identity, which allows you to customize your yahoo home page.
1. Open your My Subscriptions dashboard in a web browser. make sure you have no active paid subscriptions and cancel them if necessary.
2. Open the yahoo account completion page in a web browser.
3. If you’re not already signed in to the yahoo account you want to delete, sign in now.
4. click continue deleting my account.
5. On the next page, enter your email address and click yes, cancel this account.
You should see a message telling you that the account has been deactivated and scheduled for deletion. it will usually be removed after about 30 days.
how to reactivate your yahoo account
While there is no way to temporarily deactivate your yahoo account, you can only choose to delete it, all or nothing, it is possible to change your mind and reactivate your account as long as you do so within 30 days of deletion. account (some countries have longer waiting periods). to do that:
1. go to the yahoo website.
2. Sign in with your usual username and password.
3. verify that you want to recover the account and create a new password.