How To Delete Contacts From Yahoo Mail

Yahoo Mail allows you to easily manage your contacts right within your email account. Over time, your contacts list may become cluttered with people you no longer communicate with. Deleting old contacts can help keep your list organized and up-to-date.

Before You Delete Contacts

Before deleting contacts, consider the following:

• Backup your contacts first – Before deleting contacts, export or backup your full contacts list. This gives you a restore point in case you change your mind.
• Check for email history – Look through your inbox to see if you’ve recently communicated with the contact. You may want to keep contacts you emailed with recently.
• Remove from contact groups – If the contact is part of a group, remove them from the group first before deleting.

How to Delete a Single Contact

Deleting a single contact from Yahoo Mail is simple:

1. Log into Yahoo Mail – Sign into your account at mail.yahoo.com.
2. Open Contacts list – Click the Contacts icon in the top right corner. This opens your contacts page.
3. Select the contact – Find the name of the contact you want to remove and click on it to open their profile.
4. Click More Options – Click the three dots “More Options” icon next to the contact’s name.
5. Select Delete – In the drop-down menu, click on Delete to remove the contact.
6. Confirm deletion – Yahoo will ask you to confirm. Click Delete again to permanently remove the contact.

The contact is now removed from your contacts list in Yahoo Mail.

How to Delete Multiple Contacts

To delete multiple Yahoo Mail contacts at once:

1. Open Contacts list – Click the Contacts icon and go to your contacts page.
2. Check contacts to remove – Check the box next to all contacts you want to delete. This selects them.
3. Click Delete – Click the Delete button at the top of the page above your contacts list.
4. Confirm deletion – Yahoo will ask you to confirm. Click Delete again to remove all selected contacts.

All checked contacts will now be removed from your address book.

How to Delete a Contact Group

Along with individual contacts, you can delete whole contact groups in Yahoo Mail:

1. Go to Contacts page – Click the Contacts icon and open your contacts list.
2. Click Lists tab – Along the top, click on the Lists tab. This shows your contact groups.
3. Open group’s menu – Hover over the group you want to delete and click the three dots “More Options” icon.
4. Select Delete – In the menu, click on Delete to remove the entire contact group.
5. Confirm deletion – Yahoo will ask you to confirm. Click Delete again to permanently delete the group.

All contacts within the group will be removed from your account.

How to Delete Contacts on Mobile

You can also remove contacts right from the Yahoo Mail mobile app:

On Android

1. Open the Yahoo Mail app and tap the More icon.
2. Go to People and tap View All to see your contacts.
3. Tap the contact you want to remove, then tap More Options.
4. Select Delete to remove the contact.

On iPhone/iPad

1. In the Yahoo Mail app, tap More, then Contacts.
2. Find the contact you want to remove and tap on their name.
3. Tap Delete Contact and confirm the deletion.

Remove Suggested Contacts

Yahoo Mail surfaces suggested contacts based on your communications. To remove them:

1. Open contact’s profile – Click on the suggested contact name.
2. Click More Options – Select the three dots icon next to their name.
3. Choose Delete – Click on Delete from the menu.
4. Confirm deletion – Yahoo will ask you to confirm. Click Delete again to remove.

This permanently deletes the suggestion from your contacts page.

Conclusion

• Deleting contacts removes them from your contacts list and inbox search suggestions.
• Contacts can be deleted individually, in bulk, or by group from the Contacts page.
• On mobile, use the More Options menu to remove contacts from the Yahoo Mail app.
• Remove suggested contacts to stop seeing them as recommendations.
• Consider backing up your contacts before deleting.

Deleting unnecessary contacts helps keep your Yahoo Mail account organized. By following the steps in this guide, you can easily remove contacts on both desktop and mobile.