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Getting Started With My Yahoo!

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Getting to My Yahoo!

My Yahoo! is accessible on any computer with an Internet connection—you don't need to download anything. This means you can check My Yahoo! from work, home, school, a friend's house, or pretty much anywhere in the world.

 

Here’s How

  1. Open a Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.  Learn more

  2. Type the following address in the browser’s address box, then press Enter:

    my.yahoo.com

    My Yahoo! opens and displays content that anyone can see when they access My Yahoo!. To see your personal page, you need to sign in.

  3. Click the Please sign in link near the top-right of the page.

    Click the Please sign in link.

  4. On the sign-in page, type your Yahoo! ID and password, then click the Sign In button.

    Sign in with your Yahoo! ID and password.

    Tip: If you don't have a Yahoo! ID, you can create one on the sign-in page by clicking the Sign Up link.

    Click the Sign Up link to begin creating your Yahoo! account.

    Your personal My Yahoo! page appears, and if you’re new, it comes with some content to get you started. You can personalize My Yahoo! in many ways by adding new content and tabs. What do you want to do?

 

What’s Next

Familiarize yourself with the major sections of My Yahoo!.

 
 
 

Words to Know

  • Module: a self-contained block of content in My Yahoo!, which you can add, edit, move, or remove.
  • Tab: an organizational unit in My Yahoo! used to organize content into meaningful groups. Your My Yahoo! page can have up to 9 tabs.
  • Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to the Yahoo! network.

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