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Syncing Yahoo! Contacts with Android


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Learn how to sync your Yahoo! Contacts with an Android device using the Yahoo! Mail app for Android.


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To sync your Yahoo! Contacts with an Android device, you must first install the Yahoo! Mail or Yahoo! Messenger apps for Android from the Google Play Store.

Setting up your initial sync preference:

  1. Open the Yahoo! Mail app for Android.
  2. Enter your Yahoo! ID and password.
  3. Tap Add Account.
    -A sync contacts page with appear.
  4. Check or uncheck Enable Sync.
  5. Tap Continue to sync your Yahoo! Contacts with your Android device.

Editing your sync preference:

  1. On your Android device, go to Settings.
  2. Tap Accounts & Sync.
  3. Tap your Yahoo! account.
  4. Check or uncheck Sync Contacts.

Note: Yahoo! Contacts can only be modified on an Android device through the Yahoo! Contacts mobile site.



Last updated: May 03, 2013
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