How do I discontinue my yahoo account immediately?

How do I discontinue my yahoo account?

• Answer:

  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 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. You cannot delete your Answers account without deleting the entire Yahoo ID, including Mail, Messenger, Flickr and others. Past questions and answers remain in the Yahoo database and web search sites too. If you only want to remove the information, make your account private in 'Edit my Preferences' under the My Activity tab at the top of an Answers page. First, delete all personal information from your profile and Pulse account (Save the changes). Go to the Privacy and Communications tab of Edit My Preferences, and in the Sharing and Communications area part-way down, set all options to 'Contacts only', and un-check 'Allow someone to become my fan'. Then delete all Contacts and Fans so they won't be notified when you ask questions or answer. Your questions and answers will still be able to be seen, but only on the main pages or in the archives or on Web search pages - nothing you can do about that except change your alias!