This page provides step-by-step instructions on how to delete your Yahoo! account.
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Start Free Scan âGo to the Yahoo! account deletion page.
Enter your Yahoo! password and click on the 'Continue' button.
Click on the 'Delete my account' button.
You can delete your Yahoo! account yourself â this is a self-service process (rated easy â most people can do it in a few minutes). After deletion: loss of email account; loss of data associated with account.
You can recover your Yahoo! account within 30 days of deletion.
Yahoo! states a data retention period of 90 days after account deletion. Back-ups and statutory records can fall outside that figure, so request written confirmation from support if you need certainty.
Deleting your account means: loss of email account; loss of data associated with account. Export or download anything you want to keep before you begin â it is normally not recoverable afterwards.
Have the following ready: password; security questions. Having it to hand avoids getting part-way through the flow and having to start again.
Yahoo! is recorded as GDPR compliant and recorded as CCPA compliant. If you are in the EU or California you can also file a formal erasure request under GDPR Article 17 or the CCPA â that route creates a record you can follow up on, separately from the in-product delete flow.
Common alternatives include Gmail, Outlook, ProtonMail. If you are switching because of how Yahoo! handles your data, check the replacement's retention and deletion policy before you migrate.
Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., which is the jurisdiction whose data-protection rules govern your account.
Closing your Yahoo! account does not remove the copies that data brokers and people-search sites still hold. Compare every free data broker removal option →
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