Closing Yahoo Account


  1. Posts : 66
    Win7
       #1

    Closing Yahoo Account


    Sorry for using this forum but I do not have any way to close a Yahoo a/c.

    My wife has the a/c and wishes to delete it. Unfortunately she doesn't remember ID or PW.
    without these I am going around in circles with Yahoo

    Can any kind person assis plese.

    Thanks.
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  2. Posts : 18,415
    windows 7 home 64bit
       #2

    Read the Link below it should be of some help


    I forgot my yahoo id and password help me [Solved]
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  3. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #3

    Hi,
    You really don't need to close an account,
    If you have Yahoo toolbar Uninstall it,
    Depending on which Browser you use delete your Browser history along with any sign in cookies,
    Once this is done never use the yahoo i.d. or email address again,
    Cheers.
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  4. Posts : 66
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    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thank you both for prompt replies.

    I have submitted the Yahoo form and will access my wife's laptop to see if I can delete Yahoo Browser.

    Rgds.
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  5. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #5

    Yahoo is not a Browser it's a free email service,
    It has a search engine though,
    Reset those items if you wish to,
    Set home page,
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/change-home-page#ie=ie-10-win-7
    Change default search provider,
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-or-choose-a-search-provider-in-Internet-Explorer
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  6. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #6

    ess1 said:
    Thank you both for prompt replies.

    I have submitted the Yahoo form and will access my wife's laptop to see if I can delete Yahoo Browser.

    Rgds.
    Hopefully, the account was not used for important stuff - if the e-mail address is given to someone else, they could get your personal info.


    From here:
    ConsumerWatch: Recycled Email Accounts Posing Privacy Problem « CBS San Francisco
    “Yahoo contacted me, letting me know they were releasing abandoned email addresses,” Litzenberger said. “I thought, ‘Well, now is my opportunity to get rosebud@yahoo,’ whoever had it before had abandoned it, so it was available.”

    It turns out the account wasn’t completely abandoned. Litzenberger quickly began receiving hundreds of emails intended for the previous “rosebud@yahoo” and many of them were quite personal.

    Contained in the emails was information about the school the former ‘rosebud’s’ children attend, the last four digits of her social security number, her Verizon account number and billing information, as well as the ability to reset passwords for accounts with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Monster and even a dating site.
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  7. Posts : 66
    Win7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    ThrashZone said:
    Yahoo is not a Browser it's a free email service,
    It has a search engine though,
    Reset those items if you wish to,
    Set home page,
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/change-home-page#ie=ie-10-win-7
    Change default search provider,
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ernet-Explorer
    Again, many thanks for promptness.

    My wife's laptop is a Dell OS Vista. Sorry for not mentioning this!

    Anyway, have changed her home page and am now awaiting Yahoo's advice re her account.

    rgds.
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