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How do I export my Yahoo Mail address book?

I would like to transfer my Yahoo email address account to a new yahoo email address account. I've done it twice before but can't figure it out this time. I'm running OS X.


Dave's Answer:

I'm not completely sure I understand your question, but I think you're asking me about how to export your address book and them import it into your new Yahoo Mail account. That's actually not too difficult with Yahoo (unlike some of the other online email services).

To export addresses, you need to log in to your Yahoo Mail account and click on the Addresses tab:

Yahoo Mail: Navigational Tabs

You can see on the top right the "Import/Export" link. That's what we'll be using for this task. Click on it, scroll down just a wee bit and you'll now see:

Yahoo Mail: Export Address Book

You'll want to choose the latter of these four options, "Yahoo! CSV" (CSV = comma separated values, by the way), and click "Export Now".

That creates a file called "yahoo.csv" that's saved to your computer and you've exported all of your addresses from your Yahoo! Mail address book.

When you've moved to your new account and got it set up, use the same "Import/Export" feature but this time select the data file in step two of the import capability:

Yahoo Mail: Import Address Book

The choice on step one should be "Yahoo (.CSV file)", you can skip step two, then push "Choose File" on step three to identify the "yahoo.csv" file that you previously saved, and push "Import Now" to make it happen!

A second or two later you should see your newly populated address book with the message:

Yahoo Mail: Imported Old Address Book

That should get you going. In terms of moving messages from one account to the other, there's no easy way to accomplish that in Yahoo Mail, so you'll probably need to have both accounts open for a while as you wind down use of your old address and begin use of your new address.

Good luck to you.


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Reader Comments To Date: 30

Munish Bhanghalia said, on April 19, 2007 5:45 AM:

this is not a good ans to fine ur mail address book
so plz tell me how can i inport my address book
reg
munish Bhanghalia
chandigarh(india)

sivaram said, on April 27, 2007 2:54 AM:

hi friends i am a web developer
I think you are familiar about netvibes.com in which you can able to view mail accounts such as gmail,yahoo.
Now i want to do it in my web site
Can you tell me to achieve it
Please Advance Thanks

Westley Brenton said, on December 7, 2007 11:28 AM:

In the Yahoo contacts it lists the name but not the e-mail address.. If I copy or export I only get the name but no address...How do I export the E-mail address??

vmanikandan said, on March 31, 2008 3:45 AM:

I want to import my yahoo contacts to my own site!!!

please guide me do that....

Jane said, on June 1, 2008 6:45 PM:

Dear Dave,
I would like to export my current address book on Yahoo to another yahoo account email (totally separate). However, I do NOT want to lose the current address book in the first account! I am waiting here, with baited breath, with the
screen up to press "transfer" in order to know whether or
not the addresses will still remain in the first account also
They are using terms like "new account" so I thought
before I did it and found out the hard way, I should ask
an expert.
THANKS!

Waleed said, on August 24, 2008 2:54 AM:

Dear Dave ,

I'm facing a very big problem , some one stole my email password for yahoo account and change the password , while I'm using it for business ....and I don't know what shall I do ,Please can you help me

Stephen Book said, on September 26, 2008 4:09 PM:

Re. Yahoo address book
When I send an email with bcc to a category group in my yahoo address book, it sometimes only goes to some of the addresses in that category group. I know this from the "message sent to" list that appears after I click send.

I am using a Mac, 10.4.8.

Any suggestions how to fix this?
Stephen Book

Rochelle said, on October 8, 2008 2:18 PM:

I don't know why my yahoo e-mail address has change but I have lost all my old message and my contacts. My old yahoo address is concented also to my Blackberry. What happen to my old address I want it back so I can get my messages from my friends and business associates. I also need my old message to refer back to.Why did it change all of a sudden with out notice. I need my contact and my messages back asap. My old address was rodressup and my password was rdavis47. I need my information back. I am pissed off.

phyllis williams said, on February 18, 2009 9:43 AM:

can not bring yahoo mail up

phyllis williams said, on February 18, 2009 9:43 AM:

can not bring yahoo mail up

Mr Franck said, on March 9, 2009 8:12 AM:

How do I export my yahoo mail address?

I clicked on import/export I've got the import option while I would like to export and I have a message saying: Could not read file. Does not appear to be a valid CSV file.

Could you propose me another way to get that right.

thank you

valentine's day said, on March 23, 2009 2:47 PM:

i really needs to change another new email address on yahoo now .please !

Dan said, on April 24, 2009 8:23 AM:

How do I download yahoo addresses to blackberry?

pro said, on June 19, 2009 12:20 PM:

WRONG - this is not the answer for the older email system but for the new - not everybody jumps on a bandwagon just becasue it drives by.

C.J. said, on July 18, 2009 6:45 AM:

I can not get my yahoo email to open, after logging into my yahoo mail, I then have to type into the address bar www.yahoo.com and then it will automatically go to my email account, but it will only show the very start of the first few emails.

Do you know how I can fix this problem so I can see what is in my yahoo email.

Thank you in advance for your help.

CJ

Donna said, on August 5, 2009 5:35 AM:

Someone hacked my yahoo account and changed my information and I can't log into my account. I want to export my e-mail contacts to another e-mail address. How do I do that?

steven said, on January 7, 2010 1:40 PM:

NEW Yahoo Addresse Book is the MOST stupid change from the old system-why ?1)It is very slow in downloading the addresse.2)It always hangs.Now how can i get back the old system without the downloading activity?With the NEW system I am trying to transfer names from one category to another catergory-with this new system it cannot be done !In the past all the addresses in my various category work fine for many years but all of a sudden 90% of the categories do not work with the message which say " some addresses are not right "?How can this be when it has been working all the time.If a NEW CONTACT email addresse can be saved into the Addresse BOOK can i assumed that the email is CORRECTLY entered ?With this problem I suppect that someone must have crept into my addresse book and disfigured some email addrsse in most of the categories to make it not workable.Can you please explain how can this happen?I have about 5000 addresses which is the maximum Yahoo Mail can save. 2)Since i m in a publication business is that any other Email Account which can accept UNLIMITED contact addresse book ?
Any help rendered will be most appreciated,/Thanks/Steven

Rita Warren said, on April 29, 2010 10:33 AM:

My Yahoo E-mail has changed recently and I don't know why. I am still using Windows XP and don't have a problem with it. Until recently when I wanted to forward a message I had received, I could click on "Forward" and a screen would come up for me to address the message. Then I could click on "insert addresses" and my address book would come up. I would then click on the persons I wanted the message to go to and they would be inserted. At that time I could click "Send" and the message would go to all the names I had checked. Now when I click on "Forward" to send a message, I don't know where to find my address book. The options I had before do not come up and I don't know how to use this function anymore. Can you help me?

shawn said, on July 18, 2010 12:07 PM:

I'd like to transfer my Yahoo contacts to my hotmail account, however I am experiencing difficulties. Any wisdom Dave.

Sonja Aiwohi said, on October 9, 2010 11:28 AM:

Dear Dave;

someone hacked into my e-mail address book and send our illegal ad info to all my addresses in my name, pretending to be me. How can I move the addresses to keep them save; and or how can I change my own yahoo w-mail address; or even open another e-mail account in let's say Google etc.
Please advise me.
Sonika

çraig said, on November 15, 2010 8:17 AM:

When I bring up yahoo.com to check my email,I am able to successfully able to bet my e-mail but when I punch the "contacts" button I don`t get my contacts I have set up. How do I get my contacts to wrte an e-mail? Thanks,Craig

Kim said, on January 1, 2011 11:56 AM:

Dear Dave;
I would like to export my address book to my iPad address book.
Thanks

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Stephanie said, on January 12, 2012 4:28 AM:

Please can you help me to download my Yahoo contacts book onto my iPhone. My son did it for me at Christmas time, but he's gone back to school now, and all my contacts have disappeared...

chandra said, on February 10, 2012 8:33 AM:

Dear Dave,
Plz suggest me how can i divert my yahoo mails to my another yahoo id.
As i need close that id ,but the mails r impotant.
can this be done if so plz let me know how.
Bye...

Donna said, on February 20, 2012 6:59 AM:

I need to email my address book from Yahoo to a committee member who uses Verizon.net. How can I do that?

isha said, on April 14, 2012 4:15 AM:

please

Marilyn said, on October 2, 2012 6:17 PM:

When I compose an new email I do not get the person't email address coming up when I start to enter their name. It used to bring up everyone's name with the first letter I would enter and then narrow down my choices as I continued to enter their name. I get nothing now so i have to go to my contact list and find them, copy their email address and then go back and paste it in after TO:
How can I get it back to bringing up people's email in my address book.

Naga said, on January 7, 2013 2:09 AM:

I had develop a service can help you export as simple address list.

Detail from here http://phpface.net/ung-dung-export-contact-tu-yahoo-google-aol-hotmail/

samira said, on January 24, 2013 5:33 AM:

where i can download this software

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