How to Create New Yahoo Mail Account? Step by Step Guide

Mohit Jha | Modified: October 30th, 2025 | Yahoo | 4 Minutes Reading

This simple tutorial is for all those who don’t know or are confused about exactly how to create a New Yahoo Mail Account.

Without further ado, let’s get started.

How Can I Make a New Yahoo Account Directly?

The entire data filling is on a single form.

Step 1. Yahoo asks for your full name (both first and last names are important).
Step 2. Then there is the user name field, where you can only use letters, numbers, periods (‘.’), and underscores (‘_’) in your username.
Step 3. For the domain, Yahoo gives you two options: either the default @yahoo.com or the @myyahoo.com. Select the one you are more comfortable with.
Step 4. After that, you need to put in a password (there is no second field to verify the password).
Step 5. The last detail that you need to provide is your birth date, for which there is a split calendar menu to select Month, Date, and type the Year. Every single field is mandatory. Once you are done, press Next to continue.
Step 6. On the second screen, you would be asked to provide a mobile number for verification. You will receive a code, which you can get either via SMS or on WhatsApp.
Step 7. Finally, after verification is successful, the page reloads, and you are on the Yahoo account home page.

If you want to bring old Yahoo emails to your new account, check out my Yahoo to Yahoo Migration guide. Moreover, to make a new Yahoo account, you may use an existing Gmail account. Let’s see how.

Make a New Yahoo Account with Your @gmail.com ID

Visit the Yahoo account creation portal, scroll down a bit there you shall see the Sign in with Gmail option. Click it.

If you are using a browser where you have already kept your Gmail account sign-in, then the permissions page opens directly. Otherwise, you must first complete the Gmail login process.

Then you will be asked to permit Google to allow Yahoo! to access your Name, profile picture, and email address. Click on continue to proceed.

Then select what data element Yahoo can access. A check box list containing your Gmail emails, contacts, and calendars will be present. However, you dont need to select all of them if you dont want to. Just pick and choose whichever permissions you wish to Yahoo and which to deny. Once done, press Continue.

Mobile Free Yahoo Account Creation Explained

A third option to create a Yahoo account also exists, which lets you have a Yahoo ID even if you dont have a mobile number or dont want to use your mobile number. However, there is a catch: this will just be a Yahoo account. Meaning this account won’t give you the ability to access Mail.
So use it only if you are comfortable with this compromise, and you just want to use other Yahoo facilities.

You must have an active email account. On the Yahoo account creation screen, choose “Use an existing email address option.” Continue to fill in the details that are asked for, and once done, you will have a new Yahoo account.

Conclusion

Here, I showed you the exact steps on how to create a new Yahoo Mail account. There are basically two ways to make a new account: one in which you get an all-new @yahoo.com or @myyahoo.com domain. The second one is where you use your Gmail account and make it into your Yahoo account. In the second method, your entire Gmail account gets mirrored in Google.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How many Yahoo accounts can a single person have?

The maximum number is 10; to make more, you need to deactivate or delete the existing account.

Q. Can I re-add calendar and contacts access after denying them when linking Gmail to Yahoo?
Yes, do this:
First, remove Yahoo’s access from your Google Account (myaccount.google.com → Security → Your connections → Yahoo → Remove access).
Then, in Yahoo Mail, go to Settings → More Settings → Mailboxes → Add mailbox → Google, sign in with your Gmail, grant calendar and contacts access, and finish the setup.

Q. Is it possible to create a Yahoo Mail account on a mobile?
Yes, the process is pretty much the same on both Android and iOS. Plus, you can use the official Yahoo Mail app to speed up the process.

Q. How can I bring over my old email messages to the new Yahoo account?
Use the state-of-the-art IMAP Migration utility and let it handle the email transfer.