How to Create a New Email Account on Yahoo

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This wikiHow teaches you how to add a second email address to your primary Yahoo account. Doing this gives you a secondary Yahoo ID that you can use for the same inbox. You will need to use a computer to create your second email address.

Steps

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   Open your inbox. Click Mail in the upper-right corner of the page, then enter your Yahoo email address and password if prompted.

   • If you've recently logged into Yahoo, you may not have to enter your email address and password.

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   Click Settings . It's on the right side of the Yahoo inbox and looks like a gear. A drop-down menu will appear.^[1]

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   Click More Settings . You'll find this near the bottom of the drop-down menu.

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   Click the Mailboxes tab. It's on the left side of the page.

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   Click to the right of the "Email alias" heading. This option is in the middle of the "Mailbox management" column of options.

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   Click Add . It's below the "Email alias" heading. Doing so will open the additional email address form on the right side of the page.

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   Add your second email address. Click the "Your Email" text field below the "Create a new Yahoo Mail address" heading, then type in the email address that you want to use followed by "@yahoo.com".

   • For example, to use "humpbackwhale" as your email handle, you'd type "humpbackwhale@yahoo.com" into the "Your Email" field.
   • You can use letters, numbers, underscores, and a period in your email address. No other characters can be used.
   • Make sure you type in the email address that you really want—you can only edit your alias twice per 12-month period.

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   Click Set up . It's a blue button below your the email address that you entered. If your preferred email address is available, you'll be taken to the setup page.

   • If the email address that you entered is already taken, you'll be prompted to choose another email address.

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    Enter a name. Click the "Your Name" text field near the top of the page, then type in the name that you want other people to see when you send an email from this address.

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    Click Finish . It's at the bottom of the page. Doing so will add the second email address to your account.

    • You can select your email alias in the "From" field when composing an email by clicking your current name and then selecting the alias in the drop-down menu that appears.

Add New Question

• Question

  Will it keep the emails from each address separate or lump them together?

  

  "All emails sent to this second email address will go to the same inbox as your primary email account" - under Tips at the bottom of the page. If you want separate inboxes, just sign out of your current account and create a new email address from scratch. Then you can log into each account separately.

• Question

  Why can't I set up a second email address with Yahoo?

  

  This is because you may have used the same backup email/phone number when making your previous Yahoo account. You could just make another account, but using another service, such as Gmail, instead.

• Question

  What if it does not give me the option for extra email?

  

  See whether or not you can alter your name or birth date and start another account. It works in Gmail and GMX - which by the way allow you to use alternate ID's.

• Question

  I have no problem getting into my email on my PC. However, my email on my phone has not updated in almost a month! What should I do?

  

  Try logging out of the account and logging back in. If you've updated your e-mail password recently, the phone may simply not have updated to the new one.

• Question

  How do I set up a second Yahoo email account if "disposable email" appears, but not "email alias?" Is that feature gone?

  

  Yahoo took away the ability to create a new email alias. Those who already have an existing email alias and delete it cannot create another one.

• Question

  Can I do a mass deletion of all the emails currently in my account?

  

  Yes. Click the "Select All" checkbox at the top of the inbox and then click "Delete."

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• You can't add a second email address through the Yahoo mobile app, but you can select your alias in the "From" field when composing an email in the mobile app.

• This feature is useful if you want to hide the email address that you use in one place from someone who might have access to that email address.

• You can only create one alias at a time.

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1. Go to https://www.yahoo.com.
2. Click Mail.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click More Settings.
5. Click Mailboxes.
6. Click the arrow next to "Email alias."
7. Click Add.
8. Enter a new address and click Set up.

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