I used to have an at&t yahoo email account that merged my oldest yahoo email and the at&t account I had created to subscribe to one of their services a long time ago.
I wanted to unlink my yahoo account and delete it because I didn’t use yahoo anymore, but I wanted to keep the at&t account.
I vaguely remember something happening with the merged accounts a while ago, so to find out what happened with at&t yahoo and see if I could unlink the two accounts, I took a deep dive into the internet.
What I found was pleasantly surprising, and after a few hours of research I learned what had happened to the merged email service.
I decided to make this guide with the help of the information I was able to gather.
The intent is to shed some light on the situation and what it means if you were previously an at&t yahoo email user.
After the contract between yahoo and at&t expires, the merged email accounts will be automatically deleted and most of your data will be saved.
read on for the current situation and how you can export your emails to another email service.
current status of at&t yahoo mail
As of June 2017, AT&T and Yahoo had decided to part ways and shut down their partnered e-mail service.
As a result of the split, AT&T will lose access to Yahoo’s servers, and Yahoo will also be unable to use AT&T’s servers.
This means that the merged accounts will be automatically disbanded, while the passwords will remain the same.
You will not be able to login to your yahoo account with the following domains:
- att.net
- ameritech.net
- bellsouth.net
- flash.net
- nvbell.net
- pacbell.net
- prodigy.net
- sbcglobal.net
- snet.net
- swbell.net
- wans.net
This also includes tumblr, where you will no longer be able to log in with an email address with one of these domains.
yahoo says you’ll need to update your email to something that works with their system after this update.
do you have to do something?
The update means that you’ll need to change your e-mail address into something more suitable.
to do this:
- open your account settings in yahoo.
- click the pencil icon next to your email address.
- type the new address and enter your password.
- save the new details.
at&t and yahoo have already done the rest of the unmerge process, and you won’t have to do anything else.
what will be saved?
As a result of the split, some content from your merged accounts will be saved, while some will be deleted.
Fortunately, AT&T has provided information on what’s staying and what’s going
all your emails, folders and contacts from your merged accounts will be saved when you sign in with your yahooid.
all yahoo accounts that you merged with at&t would have become separate yahoo accounts after the split.
Any subaccounts you have linked to any of these yahoo accounts will also retain your emails, contacts and other content.
what will be removed?
What will be deleted, however, would be all e-mails from the AT&T account.
your email, contacts, calendar, and information associated with yahoo services, such as yahoo sports, groups, and tumblr.
data will be moved to your new yahoo account and your at&t account will be restored to a new account.
however, at&t subaccounts will remain at&t subaccounts.
how to export emails between email accounts
It’s pretty easy to transfer all your inbox and saved mail to another e-mail service.
I wanted to change everything in my yahoo account to a gmail account that I had created as a replacement.
move to outlook
to switch to microsoft outlook:
- Sign in to your outlook inbox.
- click the gear icon at the top right of the web page
- select more mail settings > ; account management
- choose send/receive email from other accounts
- select add an email account .
- enter email address and password and set up a folder to save imported emails.
- save changes.
switching to gmail
Turn on pop-up login on your old email account.
then follow these steps:
- log in to your gmail account.
- select settings > see all settings.
- choose accounts and import.
- on check mail from other accounts , choose add an email account.
- enter the above email address and press next.
- enter your old email -mail password.
- check only these boxes
- always use a secure connection (ssl) when retrieving mail
- incoming message tags
contact yahoo and at&t
If you have issues logging in to your unmerged Yahoo e-mail, you’ll need to contact Yahoo.
Contact AT&T if you are having trouble signing in to your new AT&T account.
final thoughts
The separation was a result of Yahoo’s old contract with AT&T, which had expired, in which they agreed to merge their email services.
With Yahoo changing hands many times in recent years, the company has lost much of its market share, which it had dominated for the past decade.
With the advent of better designed email services such as Gmail and Outlook, Yahoo was unable to keep up with industry advancements in time.
In 2021, Verizon sold its own shares of Yahoo to a private equity firm, which only indicates the downward spiral of the once internet giant.
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frequently asked questions
Is yahoo part of at&t?
yahoo is no longer part of at&t and has been sold to verizon.
in 2021, it changed hands again and was bought by a private equity firm called apollo.
can i keep my at&t email address if i cancel at&t internet service?
at&t allows you to keep your at&t email even after you cancel your internet services.
however, you may lose access to some of their support services.
how do i unlink email accounts from yahoo mail?
To unlink an email account from yahoo mail:
- tap the profile icon.
- go to settings > manage mailboxes.
- select the x next to the linked account you want to unlink.
- confirm the message.