How to Configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook?

Over the last decade, Microsoft has made the process of adding your Yahoo Mail in Outlook very simple. All you need now is your Yahoo email address and account password. Outlook will fetch other details on its own, and in just a few clicks it’s all done.

In this guide, we will see how you can configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook and access your mailbox directly from the Outlook interface. But before that, I suggest you take a complete Yahoo Mail backup and take care of the points in the next section.

Prerequisites for Configuring Yahoo Mail in Outlook

Before you add Yahoo email to Outlook, make sure to perform the following setup in the source Yahoo account.

Enable Less Secure Access in Yahoo

You need to enable the less secure access option to allow Outlook to access Yahoo mailbox. This is mandatory when you have to manually configure Yahoo in Outlook. To enable it, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Yahoo Account.
2. Go to your account icon and click Account info.
3. Go to Account Security and enable the option ‘Allow apps that use lesser secure sign-in.’

Create App-Password

If two-factor authentication is enabled in Yahoo, then you need to create a new app password. When signing in the Yahoo account in another email client, you need the app password. Because the standard password will not work in an email client other than Yahoo. To create an app password, use the following steps:

1. Go to your account security page in Yahoo.
2. Under the “External connections” section, click the “Create app password” option.
3. Give a unique name for the password and click “Generate password”

Note: Do not share the app password with anyone. Also, this password will remain active even if you change the standard login password. To remove the password, you have to delete it from the Yahoo Mail account settings.

Configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook

As I said above, there are two ways to add Yahoo Mail in Outlook. We will discuss both in this section. Let’s start with the simple one.

Automatic Yahoo Mail Configuration in Outlook

This is the easiest way to add Yahoo to Outlook. You only need Outlook, your Yahoo email address, and password to complete the following steps:

1. In Outlook, click File in the toolbar. Then go to Info and click Add Account.
2. Input your Yahoo account and click Connect.
3. The Yahoo Mail login screen will open inside the Outlook. In this window, enter your Yahoo Mail email address and click Next.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions and complete the account setup.
5. Your account is added successfully. Click Done and start accessing your Yahoo emails in Outlook.

Add Yahoo Mail in Outlook using the Manual Setup

Sometimes, the automatic Yahoo Mail account setup may fail. In such a case, you need to add the account manually. The steps to do so are given below:

1. In Outlook, click File > Add Account and enter the Yahoo Mail address.
2. Check the option ‘Let me set up my account manually.’ and click Connect.
3. Select IMAP from the various options.
4. Input the app-password that you created earlier. Then click Connect.
5. In most cases, the account will be added. However, if there is an issue in connecting with your account, then you should choose the ‘Change Account Settings’ option.
6. On the IMAP Accounts Settings page, verify the mail server settings. They must match the following.
   • Incoming mail – imap.mail.yahoo.com; port number – 993.
   • Encryption method – SSL/TLS.
   • Outgoing mail – smtp.mail.yahoo.com and it's port number as 465.
   • Encryption method – SSL/TLS.
   Note: We are using the IMAP Yahoo Mail Outlook settings here. Do not use the POP settings as this may lead to the Yahoo emails disappearing from the inbox issue.
7. Click Next.
8. Input the generated app password of the Yahoo account again and click Connect.
9. The account is connected successfully. Click Done and start working on your Yahoo account in Outlook.

Configure Yahoo Mail in New Outlook

If you are using the New Outlook, you can add Yahoo Mail using the automatic account setup, as we did in the case of classic Outlook.

1. Open New Outlook, click File and select Account Info.

2. Make sure you are in the Your accounts Then, click Add account.

3. Enter the Yahoo Mail email address and click Continue.

4. The Outlook will ask to sync emails, click Continue.

5. Your system’s default internet browser will open and take you to the Yahoo Mail sign-in screen. Here, log in to the same Yahoo Mail account that you want to add in New Outlook.
6. Once signed-in, Yahoo Mail will ask you to grant Outlook access to the Yahoo mailbox data. Agree to the terms and click Next.

7. Now, go back to New Outlook. It will display the process as successful. Click Done and start using your Yahoo Mail account in New Outlook.

Depending on your internet speed and the Yahoo mailbox size, Outlook may take a few minutes to sync and display all your Yahoo Mail folders and emails.

Cannot Add Yahoo Mail in New Outlook

Sometimes, New Outlook fails to connect to the Yahoo Mail server and verify the credentials. In this case, you must manually enter the account password and verify the Yahoo Mail Outlook settings using the following steps:

1. Click on Advanced Setup.

2. Select IMAP from the list.

3. Enter your Yahoo Mail app password, not the standard account password. Then, click Show more and verify the IMAP settings. Then, click Continue.

4. Click Continue and complete the account setup to configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook.

Common Issues You May Face After Adding Yahoo in Outlook

Many users come across a few problems after configuring Yahoo Mail in Outlook, such as:

New Emails are Being Sent Using the Old Email Account

This generally happens when you have more than 1 email account added to Outlook. To fix it,

• In classic Outlook, click File > Account Settings > Account Settings, and make sure the Yahoo Mail email account is set as default.
• In New Outlook, click File > Account Info > click Manage button (next to Yahoo ID), and click Set as primary account.

Outlook Repeatedly Asking for Yahoo Mail ID Password

If you are seeing a prompt to enter password for the Yahoo email ID repeatedly even after entering the correct password, the Outlook credentials manager is at fault. To fix it, clear Outlook credentials from Windows Credentials Manager and if that does not work, create a new Outlook profile.

Emails Not Syncing

Everything is fine, but you cannot see emails. An oversized Yahoo mailbox could be the issue. To fix it, export old Yahoo emails and remove them from the server. This will speed up the synchronization process. However, since Yahoo does not offer a native backup solution, you can either save Yahoo emails as PDF or use a professional backup tool.

How to Safely Back Up Yahoo Mail Mailbox?

To save emails from Yahoo Mail, you have to add the email account to a third-party email client, like Outlook or Thunderbird, because Yahoo does not have any built-in backup option.

Alternatively, if you have multiple accounts to back up, you can use an IMAP backup tool like Kernel IMAP Backup and Restore. The tool can back up any IMAP enabled account and save the complete mailbox along with all the emails, attachments, contacts, and folders to PST and other formats.

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Conclusion

Both classic Outlook and New Outlook allow you to easily add Yahoo Mail account. However, do not try to configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook using the Outlook.com; the web version does not support it yet.

In case you have to manually add Yahoo Mail account, always use the app-generated password and make sure to never share it with anyone. Moreover, take a complete backup of Yahoo account before adding it to Outlook, either using an email client or the IMAP Backup tool.

Sarthak PoswalTechnical Writer

This article is written by Sarthak Poswal, a technical content writer at Kernel Data Recovery. This content has been reviewed in accordance with our editorial guidelines.