How to Delete Your Yahoo! Account Permanently?

Do you want to delete your exiting Yahoo! ID? Do you have some unused Yahoo! IDs which you no longer use and want to get rid of them? Do you get lots of spam mails in your Yahoo! account and want to delete it permanently?

I'm sure there are many ppl who face such problems and want to completely remove their Yahoo! IDs for obvious reasons. If you are one of those, then do you know you can do it. Yes. You heard it right. Yahoo! provides a way to delete your Yahoo! ID. Just head on to:

Delete Yahoo! Account

Enter the credentials and confirm the request. Your account will be deleted within 90 days. This is what Yahoo! says:

In most cases your account will be deactivated and then deleted from our user registration database in approximately 90 days. This delay is necessary to discourage users from engaging in fraudulent activity. Additionally, due to the limited number of names available, we may allow other users to sign up for and use your current Yahoo! ID and profile names after your account has been deleted.

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283 Comments

sapna

I want to permanently delete my yahoo account as I do not use it often. Moreover, I get too many unwanted mails.
ranjit singh

i want to change my email id from @yahoo.in to @yahoo.com. Pl help me to change
ranjit singh

i want to change my email id from @yahoo.in to @yahoo.com. pl help me at the earliest
daniel_coleman2000@yahoo.com

no longer want it its boring
hussan zada

I want to delet my yahoo ID.
Lupita Carrera

How can u delete your yahoo account
anil

i want to delete this yahoo because i have another one...please
panchu

i am facing problem because someone mis using my yahoo id so please close it .Thank you.
kuldeep

i like to remove my account from yahoo.com
flower

i want to delete my id forever