How to Migrate Yahoo Contacts to Gmail (and Emails, Too)

Log in to your Yahoo account and your Gmail account to prepare to transfer messages and your address book.

Tips About Importing Yahoo Contacts to Gmail

Here a few things to keep in mind once you authorize the transfer:

It might take up to two days before you see all the Yahoo mail imported into Gmail, but that depends on how many emails you have in Yahoo.Gmail creates a label for messages imported from Yahoo. It’s named after the Yahoo address that forwards mail to your Gmail account. You can delete this label if you wish.Yahoo contacts and messages are not deleted from your Yahoo account when imported into Gmail. If you want to remove contacts and messages after the migration, log in to your Yahoo account.Return to the Accounts and Import tab in the Gmail settings to check the progress of the process.Stop importing mail at any time by clicking the Stop link in the Accounts and Imports tab of the Gmail settings.With a Yahoo Mail Plus subscription, you can also have Gmail download new mail automatically.