How do I erase my name from my Yahoo email?

Email compromise HAS WRECKED MY USE OF YAHOO?

• account [email protected] email has been compromised. someone using my account for messages and conversations. do not know how this happens. will reopen yahoo account with new name/call/password/etc. PLEASE CLOSE THIS ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. perp has used my contact list to send messages to my friends and relatives. I cannot open what may have been sent. PLEASE CLOSE THIS ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. SHUT IT OFF. STOP IT. ERASE IT. DELETE IT.

• Answer:

  Answers is only an advice site, not Yahoo itself. You need to do these actions on your own. This is a common problem with Yahoo and Hotmail addresses because they are so popular. Deleting your account or Contacts List will NOT stop this spam - once the spammers have the address, they will continue to use it for a while. Spam sent to your Contacts will also stop in a while, but it is annoying. 1. Check that the alternate e-mail address is still yours, under Options, Mail Options, Account Information, then change it! (so the hacker will not be notified of the change). Then change both your password AND your secret questions and answers. Make them unique and strong ones! (*** Changing your password also deletes the cookie which apparently inserts that sly trojan address grabber. ***) If you used this password for other accounts, change them too - make every one different. Make the password longer than 8 characters, with mixed symbols. Usually, this is all you need to do, although mail will still be sent in the name of the old account for a while. For a Yahoo account, you can change your password at https://edit.yahoo.com/config/change_pw. If you can no longer access your account, you can get a new password at https://edit.yahoo.com/forgotroot/. 2. *** If spam mail was sent to any of your contacts, apologize, and notify all your contacts NOT to open short e-mails, especially those with no subject, and definitely not to click any links. Warn them to scan for malware too (in Safe Mode), just in case. Set up an alternate 'alias' account to use instead. This allows you to use a different address for sending, but still keep all saved mails and contacts and the first address active too for incoming mail. Your friends can trust this new address. (There is a choice of address in an arrow in the From: box.) http://edit.yahoo..com/config/list_alias (alternate address) Do NOT delete the old account until you have exported your Contact list and forwarded any important saved mails to the new account. Please read carefully the list of ALL other services and accounts that close as well as the mail account. (Yahoo Answers that are In Voting or Resolved will not be deleted.) IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE YAHOO ACCOUNT CHECK THAT ONLY THE ACCOUNT YOU WANT TO DELETE IS SIGNED IN. To delete your yahoo account, sign in and click this link. Then follow the steps and submit your request. https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user For your linked alias account name click on this link: https://edit.yahoo.com/identity/manage If you only want to close the Mail account, just do not sign in for 6 months (plus 2 more for each year you have had the account) It will then be deleted totally for inactivity. (Ribbit)