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Add another Yahoo email account to your existing Yahoo email account
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Do you have a Yahoo account? Do you want to create a second Yahoo account? Your Yahoo Mail account allows you to create a second email address for free. You can easily switch between accounts using the profile menu without having to log in again. This wikiHow teaches you how to create a secondary Yahoo email address and link it to your primary Yahoo account.
Things You Should Know
- On a computer, hover your mouse over your profile photo and select "Add or Switch Accounts" > "Add another account" > "Create an account."
- In the mobile app, tap your profile picture and go to "Manage accounts" > "Add account" > "Create an account."
- To switch between accounts, click or tap your profile picture and select the other account.
Steps
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Log in to your Yahoo Mail account. To do so, go to https://login.yahoo.com/ in a web browser. Enter your Yahoo username or email and click your Next . Then enter your password and click Next .
- If you have two-factor authentication enabled, you may need to enter the code that displays on your phone or in your recovery email address.
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Hover the mouse over your profile picture. It's in the upper-right corner of the screen.
- If you have not set a profile picture, it will be a circular icon with your initial in the middle.
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Click Add or Switch Accounts . It's in the drop-down menu. This displays a screen that allows you to switch accounts or add another account.
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Click Add another account . It's the large button at the bottom of the menu.
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Click Create an account . It's the large purple button at the bottom of the menu.
- Alternatively, you can create a new email using your Google account. To do so, click Continue with Google .
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Fill out the form and click Continue . You will need to enter your first and last name, an email alias, a password, and your birthdate. Click Continue when you are finished.
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Enter a recovery phone number and click Send Code . This is to help secure your account. A code will be sent to your phone via text message.
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Enter the code and click Continue . Once you get the code, enter it on the Yahoo web page and click Continue. This will confirm your account and sign you into your new account.
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Switch between accounts. There are two ways you can switch between accounts:
- From Yahoo's main page, hover over your profile icon in the upper-right corner and click Add or switch accounts . Then click the account you want to switch to.
- From your email inbox, hover over your profile icon and click the email address you want to switch to. [1] X Research source
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Open the Yahoo Mail app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad. It has a purple icon with a white envelope.
- The Yahoo Mail app is available for free from the Google Play Store on Android or the App Store on iPhone and iPad.
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Tap your profile icon. It's in the upper-left corner. If you have not set a profile icon, it will be a circular icon with your initials. This displays the Accounts menu.
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Tap Manage Accounts . It's next to an icon that resembles a person. Tap this option in the Accounts menu.
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Tap Add account . It's the second option in the Manage Accounts menu.
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Tap Create an account . It's the large button at the bottom of the screen.
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Fill out the form and click Continue . You will need to enter your first and last name, an email alias, a password, and your birthdate. Click Continue when you are finished.
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Enter a recovery phone number and click Send Code . This is to help secure your account. A code will be sent to your phone via text message.
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Enter the code and click Continue . Once you get the confirmation code, enter it on the Yahoo web page and tap Continue. This confirms your account and sign you into to your new account.
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Switch between accounts. To switch between accounts while using the Yahoo Mail app, tap your profile icon in the upper-left corner, then select the email account you want to switch to.
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Log in to your Yahoo account. To do so, go to https://login.yahoo.com/ in a web browser. Enter your Yahoo username or email and click your Next . Then enter your password and click Next . If you already created a separate Yahoo account (or a Gmail , Outlook , AOL, etc.), you can link it to your existing Yahoo account to receive mail from both Yahoo email addresses in one location.
- If you have two-factor authentication enabled, you may need to enter the code that displays on your phone or in your recovery email address.
- If your Yahoo account is saved to your web browser, click the Yahoo account you want to sign in to and then enter your password.
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Click the envelope icon. It's in the upper-right corner next to your profile image. This opens your Yahoo email.
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Click Settings . It's in the upper-right corner next to an icon that resembles a gear.
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Click More Settings . It's at the bottom of the Settings menu.
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Click Mailboxes . It's in the menu bar to the left.
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Click Add mailbox . It's the purple button below your primary Yahoo email. This option allows you to add another email to your Yahoo account.
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Select an email provider. If you want to link your other Yahoo account, click Yahoo . Alternatively, you can link a Google, Outlook, AOL, or other email account.
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Enter your secondary Yahoo address and click Next . Enter it on the bar where it asks you to enter your email address. Then click the blue button that says Next .
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Enter your password and click Next . This signs into your alternate Yahoo account and links the mail box with your current Yahoo account. You can now receive emails from both accounts in one inbox.
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Open the Yahoo Mail app. It has a purple icon with a white envelope.
- If you already created a separate Yahoo account (or a Gmail , Outlook , AOL, etc.), you can link it to your existing Yahoo account so you can easily switch accounts.
- If you are not signed into your primary automatically, enter your email address and password and tap Next .
- The Yahoo Mail app is available for free from the Google Play Store on Android or the App Store on iPhone and iPad.
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Tap your profile icon. It's in the upper-left corner. If you have not set a profile icon, it will be a circular icon with your initials. This displays the Accounts menu.
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Tap Add another mailbox . It's in the Accounts menu. This displays a menu for adding another mailbox to your Yahoo account.
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Tap Yahoo . If you want to link your other Yahoo account, tab Yahoo . Alternatively, you can link an email address from another provider.
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Tap Add account . It's at the bottom of the menu.
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Enter you secondary Yahoo address and click Next .
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Enter your password and click Next . This signs into your alternate Yahoo account and links the mailbox with your current Yahoo account. You can now receive emails from both accounts in one inbox.
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