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Create, use, edit, or delete disposable email addresses in Yahoo Mail

Disposable email addresses are aliases to your actual email address, adding a layer of privacy or spam control, and can be used to sign up for websites or newsletters that you don't trust. If one of these addresses gets too much spam, for example, simply delete the address. They consist of 2 parts, a "base name" and a "keyword" (basename-keyword@yahoo.com) and you can create up to 500 of them at a time.

  This feature is available to Yahoo Mail Plus subscribers and users with existing basenames and disposable email addresses. Yahoo Mail Plus isn't available in all locales. If the option isn't listed in your account, it's not available at this time.

Create a disposable email address

Users in Yahoo Mail Plus locales can try up to three disposable addresses for free. Up to 500 disposable addresses can be created as a perk of Yahoo Mail Plus. Learn more about Yahoo Mail Plus.
  1. Click the Settings icon Image of the Settings icon. | click More Settings Image of the More icon..
  2. Click Mailboxes.
  3. Click Create next to "Disposable email address."
  4. In the "Set base name" field, enter an available basename.
    - IMPORTANT: Once this is set it can't be changed.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Add a keyword and a description (optional).
  7. Click Save.

Create additional disposable email address

  1. Click the Settings icon Image of the Settings icon. | click More Settings Image of the More icon..
  2. Click Mailboxes.
  3. Click the More icon Image of the Options icon in Calendar. next to "Disposable email address."
  4. Click Add.
  5. Enter a keyword after the base name.
  6. Optionally, enter your sending name and a description.
  7. Click Save.

Edit or delete a disposable email address

  1. Click the Settings icon Image of the Settings icon..
  2. Click More Settings.
  3. Click Mailboxes.
  4. Click the More icon Image of the Options icon in Calendar. next to "Disposable email address."
  5. Select the address you want to edit or delete.
  6. Edit your info or click Delete address.
  7. Click Save if you edited your info or click Confirm to remove the address.
Note: Customers in Yahoo Mail Plus locales can create up to 3 disposable addresses for free or up to 500 with a Yahoo Mail Plus subscription. If the limit is exceeded, a red triangle appears next to any new address over the limit. Other addresses must be deleted before the new address can be used.

Send or receive email with a disposable email address

Send email:

  1. Click Compose.
  2. Click the More icon Image of the Options icon in Calendar. next to your email address.
  3. Select the disposable email address you'd like to use.

Receive email:

Any messages sent to your disposable address will come to your main account's Inbox.