How to delete your Yahoo! data and shut down your accountHow do I delete my Yahoo! account and data? Your journey begins on Yahoo!'s Terminating Your Yahoo! Account page.
Yahoo!'s been in the news as of late for some not-so-great revelations:
The account information (including names, email addresses, hashed passwords, more) of more than 500 million users was stolen from Yahoo!'s network in 2014.
Yahoo! reportedly built a tool to search its customers' emails, per the request of U.S. intelligence agencies.
In light of these revelations — alleged or otherwise — you might be interested in closing down your Yahoo! account and scrubbing clean your data. I was pleased to discover Yahoo! makes the process quite simple.
Delete your (Yahoo!) account
Visit Yahoo!'s Terminating your Yahoo! Account page.
Log in with your Yahoo! account.
Type in your password to confirm your identity.
Type in the CAPTCHA code to confirm your humanity.
Click YES to delete your Yahoo! account. You'll see a confirmation page if you successfully deleted your accou...
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How to delete your Yahoo! data and shut down your account
