How to Deactivate Yahoo Account Permanently

If you are looking to permanently delete your Yahoo account, there is definitely a way to deactivate it. Whatever might be the reason, you will be able to deactivate the Yahoo account with ease. Yahoo team does not ask why you are leaving their nest. 

So, in this guide you will how to deactivate the Yahoo account permanently and what are the effects of it. 

First, you must understand what it means to deactivate your Yahoo account means. Once you deactivate the account all the data saved will be gone and you’ll lose access to your email address forever. Apart from that, you won’t be able to use any other Yahoo service which requires an account. And most importantly, your Flickr account will be deleted and all the photos associated with the account will be gone. 

You must also keep in mind to unsubscribe to any paid Yahoo services to avoid unnecessary charges to your credit card. Cancel all the subscriptions to avoid all the unexpected payments and the same is true for Flickr membership. 

Now, let’s proceed to the steps to permanently deactivate or delete the Yahoo account. 

How to permanently deactivate or delete Yahoo account

Follow these simple steps to deactivate or delete the Yahoo account forever. 

• First, you need to open Yahoo delete the user page on your favorite web browser. And then Enter your Yahoo user name in the field and press the Next button. 
• Now, you need to enter the password for the account, you might ask for an authentication code sent on mobile if you have set up an account key. If not, you won’t have to enter anything else other than the password. 
• Now, you will be presented a page titled ‘Before continuing, please consider the following information’. This page list the details about what you will lose when you decide to permanently delete the Yahoo mail account. You have to click on the Continue button to proceed with the deletion process. 
• Now, you need to enter your complete email address on the next page and click on the ‘Yes, terminate this account’ button. 
• If the process is successful, you will see a message saying ‘Your account has been deactivated and scheduled for deletion’. 
• Then, you need to press the Sounds Good button to return to the home page of Yahoo. 

This way you can close Yahoo account without any trouble but you must know that it is not completely deleted yet. The account is scheduled for deletion and takes some time for the actual deletion. Yahoo doesn’t remove everything right away because of the rules and regulations of the internet. 

And the retention policy depends on the countries you are from. Sometimes, it keeps the data for more up to 180 days. So, check the Yahoo retention policy on deletion for your country of origin to know more. And you can recover your account within this retention period if you want to.

It was a simple guide on how you can delete yahoo account permanently without any fuss.