How can i change my email address, without losing my old emails?

Is it possible to change your email address without losing contacts, drafts, saved emails, etc?

• I have so much saved on this one email I've had for five years, but I don't want people to suddenly lose contact with me, and many of my accounts are registered with this one ...show more

• Answer:

  ========================================... Yahoo no longer picks the best answer. We out here would appreciate you doing it. Thanks. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/answers/SLN8284.html?impressions=true =======================================... NOTE: if you are going to be on the Yahoo Answers site I recommend allowing contact by email. By doing this those that answer the questions or those that you have answered questions for are able to contact you to clarify a question/answer instead of sometimes guessing. Allowing this to happen does not expose your actual email address as you will receive a message from Yahoo stating you have a message from a User. There should be a white "Y" inside of a purple circle or square if it is from Yahoo. This is how you set it up. Click on your Avatar (photo) Then click on the WRENCH ....upper right ....on the next screen. Under PRIVACY SETTINGS place a check mark in the boxto the left of "Can contact me via email". Click save. You can click on the small icon on the right side of this and it will tell you your email address will remain private. Thanks =======================================... Many users would like to change their ID, explained below or in this link. http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN2059&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1371638413668&locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL_ML The below information explains in more detail of what is in the above link. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... Once it is created you cannot change it. The best option is to create an ALIAS account... to your present email address and have the name that you would like it to be. This is how you create one. You can also create an EXTRA email address, which is explained in the above link. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ALIAS AND AN EXTRA EMAIL ADDRESS http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?y=PROD&page=content&id=SLN6214&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1377686644862&locale=en_US&y= ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... … Click the link below to get an ALIAS email address for your existing account. It´s absolutely free. Use it just as you would for your primary address (which of course you can still use). To make things handy, you can send and receive email from either address from the same inbox. You will also, by doing this, not lose anything from your original account. IE: emails, contacts etc. Any email sent to either address will go to the same inbox and you can sign in to either email address with the same password. http://edit.yahoo.com/config/list_alias?... + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... If you have set up your alias properly when you create a NEW email or FORWARD/REPLY to one that you have received the first screen you see will have your email address in the FM line. If you click on the down arrow on the right side of the FM line you will bring up your other email address. Click on that and it will replace your primary email address. If clicking on the down arrow on the right side of the FROM does not show the other email address it means you have not set your alias up properly. Recheck the steps you took. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... If you would like to make the Alias email address the primary one so that it shows up when in the COMPOSE... REPLY or FORWARD mode...do this Hover the pointer over the "your avatar/name"...upper right.. while on your homepage. (not your inbox) If in your INBOX hover the pointer over the GEAR upper right...click on ACCOUNT INFO.... Reenter password.. Click on CHANGE on the right side of your present primary account email address...the next screen place a dot in the circle to the left of the email address you want as primary and then click on SAVE.. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... Other options...... http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=cont%E2%80%A6 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... only other option is to create a new email address Click this link and fill out the form to create a new account. https://edit.yahoo.com/registration?.int%E2%80%A6