How can I Change my Yahoo ID?

Before thinking that you need to change your Yahoo ID, you must know that Yahoo allows more than one Yahoo ID integrated per user. This means you can register another one (maybe two, three if you wish and feed the need to) and share the list of friends, the address book and even your inbox.

In order to do that, you will have to reach to the Messenger menu in your Yahoo Messenger and choose "My Profiles". A small dialog box will appear, listing the Yahoo IDs for your account. At the beginning you'll only see one. There's a button at the bottom that says "Create/Edit My Profiles". You need to click that and you will be taken to a page that sums up your account status. Finally, there's a button that says Create New Public Profile, and by pushing that you will be taken to a registration form.

All you have to do is enter your real name and account information, then click "Create Profile". You will then be redirected to the previous account summary, only this time your new profile will show up. It's now done; you have a fully functional different Yahoo ID to use. You can switch your default ID or change the ID within a conversation by selecting the appropriate ID from the dropdown box.

In case you decide you don't want a certain Yahoo ID anymore you can delete them all from Yahoo's Webpage. You can't delete the default profile which is associated with your e-mail address."

Please remember that by terminating your Yahoo Account, you will lose access to files, settings and all data regarding ALL Yahoo services you used, including mails, photos and such. Your account will be permanently deleted and you will not be able to reactivate it by any means. You may sign up again if you wish, but that won't get your data back.

If you happen to use any Yahoo Premium services, it's recommended that you unsubscribe from those services and only afterwards remove your account, else you will be charged for those services when they expire.

When you're all set, visit Terminating Your Yahoo! Account. You will be asked for a password at first and you will then be taken to an informational page that you should read carefully.

The whole process takes about 90 days. Meanwhile, your account information will be stored in Yahoo's servers but you won't be able to access it. This action is taken in order to discourage any fraudulent activities users might engage in with their Yahoo accounts. After you're done reading and pondering over your decision, if you wish to cancel the account, you will need to confirm your password once again and you have to press "YES, Terminate this account". A confirmation message will be shown and after the 90 days pass (in most cases), your ex-name becomes publicly available for anyone to register and use.

So you can change your Yahoo ID either by creating another public profile to your existing account, either by deleting your current account along with the personal data and signing up again as a whole different user in no relation to your past one.