How to Add Another Email in Yahoo Mail?

 Yahoo Mail understands the convenience of the customers and thus provides them with the option to easily access their other Yahoo and non-Yahoo email accounts using a single Yahoo Mail account. You not only can access your messages from other email account using your Yahoo Mail account but also compose, reply and forward messages. To know how to add another email to your Yahoo Mail account, go through the information provided below.

Guide to Add Another Email in Yahoo Mail Account

By following the information provided below to add another email account to your Yahoo Mail account, you can make your Yahoo Mail account the main destination to send and receive emails for all of your accounts (both Yahoo and non-Yahoo Mail). Once you connect your third-party email accounts to your Yahoo Mail, all you will need to do is sign in to your Yahoo Mail account to access everything. You can find the linked accounts to your Yahoo Mail below the "Compose" button on the left-hand side panel. Simply, select an account to read or send emails from that particular account. Now, let’s know how to add an email account to your Yahoo Mail account.

To Add Third-Party Email Account to your Yahoo Mail Account

1.       Sign in to your Yahoo Mail account on a web browser and click on the Settings option (gear icon) located near the top-right corner of the screen. This will expand the window for common settings options.

2.       In the expanded menu, you will need to click on the More Settings option located at the bottom.You will be directed to the complete settings section on the next screen.

3.       On the next screen, you will need to click o the Mailboxes located on the left-hand side panel. You will see the options available under Mailboxes appearing on the right-hand side.

4.       In the right-hand side panel, you will need to click on the Add mailbox option. To the further-right, you will find the list of popular email services such as Google, Outlook.com, Office 365, Aol., Yahoo! and Other. 

NOTE: If the name of your email service is listed among the given options, you will need to select it. However, if the name is not listed, you will need to click on the Other option.

5.       Once you have selected the email provider from the list, you will be prompted to enter your email address on the next screen. So, on the next screen, enter your email address and click on the Next button. Doing so will open a new window on your screen in which you will be prompted to sign in to your email account which you wish to add.

6.       As you will sign in to your email account, you will be prompted with the following message on your screen:

Yahoo! want to access your email account

This will allow Yahoo! to

·         Read, compose, send, and permanently delete all your email from “Your email service name”.

·         See, edit, download, and permanently delete your contacts.

·         See, edit, share, and permanently delete all the calendars you can access using Google Calendar.

7.       If you agree with the information that Yahoo will fetch from your other email account, you will need to click on the Allow button located at the lower-right corner of the screen.

8.       As you will click on the Allow button, your email account will be added and you will be returned to the Mailbox section of your Yahoo Mail account.

9.       In your Yahoo Mail account, you will see the “Your mailbox has been added” message. If you want you can add a name for your email account under the “Your name” field and you can also add a description for your account under the Description field.

10.   Once you are done making the desired changes, click on the Done button to complete the process of adding another email account to your Yahoo Mail account.

To Unlink Another Email Account from your Yahoo Mail Account

1.       In your Yahoo Mail account, click on the Settings option (gear icon) located near the top-right corner of the screen. This will expand the menu on your screen.

2.       In the expanded screen, you will need to click on the More Settings option. This will direct you to the complete settings section of your Yahoo Mail account on the next screen.

3.       On the next screen, you will need to click on the Mailboxes option located on the left-hand side. You will see the options available under it on the right-hand side.

4.       From the given options, you will need to select the account that you want to unlink from your Yahoo Mail account.

5.       After selecting the account, you will need to click on the Remove mailbox option.

6.       Then again, you will need to click on the Remove mailbox option to confirm your action.

7.       After that, simply click on the Save option to complete the unlinking process.

To Edit the Name, Description, Reply-to address, or Signature of an Email Account

·         In your Yahoo Mail account, click on the Settings option (gear icon) located near the top-right corner of the screen. This will expand the menu on your screen.

·         In the expanded screen, you will need to click on the More Settings option. This will direct you to the complete settings section of your Yahoo Mail account on the next screen.

·         On the next screen, you will need to click on the Mailboxes option located on the left-hand side. You will see the options available under it on the right-hand side.

·         Next, you will need to select the account which you want to edit from the right-hand side section.

·         Then, you can edit your Name, Description, Reply-to address, or Signature.

·         Once you are done making the desired changes, you will need to click on the Save option.

So, these are the steps that you will need to follow to add another email account to your Yahoo Mail account. For further help call Yahoo customer support service phone number to fix Yahoo mail issue.