How to Change Email Address on Yahoo - Create Yahoo Email Aliases

What is Yahoo?

Yahoo is a web service provider founded in January 1994. It offers various services like search engines, email, advertisements, and more. It was the first, widely used, and most popular platform before the arrival of Google and Microsoft. Its most preferred services included Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo News. However, with recent advancements, Yahoo has become outdated and needs to be kept more safely to protect the data. Thus, this marks the need to change email addresses on a timely basis.

How to Change Email Address on Yahoo?

If you want to change your Yahoo email address, simply sign up for a new account at Yahoo.com. Remember, you cannot use the same username because maybe someone else has already taken it. Even Yahoo does not let you change the Yahoo email ID of your existing account. But it allows you to create a Yahoo email alias, an additional Yahoo ID available with your existing Yahoo account.

If you create a Yahoo email alias, you will get the benefit of having two mailboxes at one location. In addition, you can use the same password and a merged inbox folder for both accounts. But remember that there is a limit to creating just one email alias for each Yahoo account. In case you want multiple accounts, you need to create disposable email addresses. First, we will learn how to create a Yahoo email alias. And then, we will learn how to create disposable email addresses on Yahoo.

Method 1: Create a Yahoo Email Alias

To create a Yahoo email alias, follow the steps shown below:

1. Login to your Yahoo email account. Click the Settings icon > More Settings.
   
2. On the Settings window, select Mailboxes and find the Email Alias option.
   
3. Under the Email alias option, click Add. This will allow you to send and receive emails from a different Yahoo email address.
   
4. Under the Create an email alias section, enter your new Yahoo mail alias. Then click Set up.
   
5. Once the email alias is successfully created, you need to provide the following information –
   
   • Your name: The name shown in the emails you send to others.
   • Description: This is the name of your mailbox. You can simply write an extra email address account.
   • Reply-to address: Here you need to choose the email address to which you want to receive replies to your sent emails. It can be either the email alias or your main Yahoo email ID.
   
   
6. Click Finish to complete the process of creating a Yahoo alias.

How to Send Email Messages from the Yahoo Email Alias?

Follow the steps given below to send a message from the created Yahoo email alias:

1. Click the Compose button on the Yahoo home screen to create a new email.
   
2. In the From field, you can see a dropdown arrow next to your default email address. Click it to see all the available email addresses and select your Yahoo email alias.
   

Now you can continue with your email message, and send it once you are done. The person who will receive your email will see your Yahoo email alias as the sender's email address.

Method 2: Create Disposable Email Addresses on Yahoo

In case you want multiple extra accounts, you need to create disposable email addresses. They protect your account by adding privacy or spam control features. You can also use them to sign up for those websites that are not trustworthy. And if any of those disposable email addresses are getting too many spam emails, you can simply delete them.

1. Log in to your Yahoo account, click the gear icon, and select More settings.
   
2. Now, select Mailboxes from the left pane of the Settings window.
   
3. Under the Disposable email address option, click the Add button. This will create an email address to sign up for third-party newsletters.
   
4. Now you need to set a base name for the disposable email address. Remember, the base name cannot be changed once it has been set. Click Next.
   
5. Enter the sending name (the name shown in emails you send to others) and description for the disposable email address. Then, click Save.
   

You have successfully created your first disposable email address. You can create up to 500.

Conclusion

The article has explained how to change your email address on Yahoo. It can be done by creating Yahoo email aliases or disposable email addresses. Both the methods are cost-free and easy to perform. You just need to follow the given instructions to change your email address successfully. Hope this article helped to resolve your query.