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How to delete a contact list in Yahoo! Contacts


Description

This article explains how to remove a list of contacts. (You will not lose any of your contacts by deleting a contact list.)


Resolution

Follow the steps in this article to learn how to remove or "delete" a contact list. (This will not result in the loss of any of your contacts.)

How to delete a contact list:

  1. Go to Yahoo! Mail, and select the Contacts tab.
    - Your contact lists are located in the left column, under "Lists."
  2. Select the contact list you wish to delete.
  3. Click Actions | Delete List.
  4. Click Delete in the confirmation window.

You will not lose any of your contacts by deleting a contact list

  • Deleting a contact list does not result in the deletion of any of your contacts.
  • Contacts that were in a deleted list will continue to be located in your Yahoo! Contacts just as before.
  • These contacts will also continue to be located within any of your other contact lists as they were before.

Additional Information
  • "Suggested lists" cannot be deleted.


Last updated: July 17, 2012
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