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- Yahoo Mail keeps your mailbox active as long as you use it, but after 12 months of inactivity or more, the content will be deleted and can't be restored.
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Jul 4, 2023 · Recently, approximately mid-June 2023, when I delete email from my Yahoo email on my iPhone, it stay in the "Inbox" on the web based version. I have made no changes to my settings on either my iPhone or my web based email, so I assume it is something in an update.
- Overview
- Add an email account
- Temporarily stop using an email account
- Delete an email account
- Add the Mail app back to your Home Screen
To send and receive email using the Mail app , you need to add the email accounts you want to use. When you first open Mail, you’re asked to set up an account. At any time, you can add additional email accounts to your iPad, or remove email accounts you no longer need.
You can add one or more email accounts to the Mail app so that you can receive all your email in one place and easily send email from any of your accounts.
1.Go to Settings > Mail.
2.Tap Accounts, then tap Add Account.
3.Tap the email service you want to use—for example, iCloud or Microsoft Exchange—then enter your email account information.
If your email service isn’t listed, tap Other, tap Add Mail Account, then enter your email account information.
Note: If you set up multiple accounts, you can choose which account you want to send from when composing your email message. See Send email in Mail on iPad.
If you want to temporarily stop sending and receiving email from an account on your iPad, you can turn it off in Settings. You can easily turn it back on at any time.
1.Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts.
2.Tap the email account you want to turn off, then do one of the following:
•Turn off an iCloud email account: Tap iCloud, then turn off iCloud Mail.
•Turn off another email account: Turn off Mail.
Tip: You can choose if you want to continue using other apps with this account—including Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders. Turn each individual app on or off.
You can remove an email account from the Mail app and from all the apps that use it on your iPad.
Note: This action doesn’t cancel the email account; it just removes it from your iPad. To close the account completely, visit your email account provider.
1.Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts.
2.Tap the email account you want to remove from your iPad, then tap Sign Out or Delete Account.
If you don’t see the Mail app on your Home Screen, you can find it in the App Library and add it back.
1.On the Home Screen, swipe left until you see the App Library.
2.Enter “Mail” in the search field.
3.Touch and hold , then tap Add to Home Screen.
To rearrange your Home Screen so it’s just right for you, see Move apps and widgets around on your iPad.
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Jan 13, 2019 · From: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/add-remove-email-accounts-yahoo-mail-sln26459.html (your link took me to different document...) If the account doesn't go away via the Yahoo delete instructions, I think you should look for sending a report to Yahoo.
Dec 27, 2020 · Yahoo deactivates email accounts and deletes email contents if the owner fails to sign in at least once in a year. But it does not delete the account itself.
Jul 18, 2023 · Yes, Yahoo deletes emails forever. It will move deleted emails from the inbox to the trash bin, automatically erasing them after 7 days. Users can, however, change the settings to have the trash folder empty more frequently or less frequently or to never remove emails from the trash folder.
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The default iOS email app offers a simple interface to send and receive emails from. Learn how to add or remove a Yahoo Mail account and adjust the fetch notification settings.
Nov 30, 2023 · You can force your iPhone or iPad's Mail app to start over from scratch and discard all those offline copies of emails by removing your current email accounts and re-adding them. Assuming you're using IMAP or Exchange for your emails, you won't actually lose any emails if you do this.