How Deactivation of Yahoo Groups Will Impact Yahoo Email Accounts?

Coming December, you’ll not be able to access your Yahoo Groups account. But does that mean you won’t be able to access your Yahoo email accounts too. There are many users who are using Yahoo Mail for decades, and after getting the news of Yahoo Groups shutdown they got panicked and worried about their data stored in their Yahoo Mail accounts. If you are also one such user, then read this blog and get complete information about Yahoo Groups deactivation and its impact on Individual Yahoo email accounts.

Yahoo Mail Shutting Down Permanently – Is that So?

The first question that users are worried about is “Is Yahoo shutting down permanently?”

Here is a list of many users who have enquired about this question. Some users’ queries are given below :

I am using Yahoo Mail from last 20 years and my entire crucial data is stored in this account. Will I be able to access my Yahoo mail data after December 15, i.e., after shutting down of Yahoo Group.

– Sandra

I am using my Yahoo Mail account for all my Social Media accounts, i.e., LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc. Will Shutting down have any impact on my Social Media accounts.

– Mark

Well the answer to all above and similar kind of queries is No. Yahoo Mail is not shutting down.

It is only Yahoo Groups that is shutting down from December 15. You won’t be able to create new Yahoo Groups account or access already created Yahoo Groups account. No sending and receiving of emails will be done using Yahoo Groups account after this date. However, this will not affect continuity with Yahoo mail account, as users can continue operating their Yahoo Mail account and perform all other functions, as they were doing it till now.  The only change for users is that even after having a Yahoo Groups account, they still will not be able to send and receive further emails. But emails that were sent and received earlier will be there in their account.  As told by Yahoo, “This change is not going to affect your usage of Yahoo Mail Account, as both products are far different from each other”.

But, the shutting down of Yahoo Groups has saddened many of its users and worried them too regarding their data security and accessibility.  

Need to Backup Your Yahoo Groups Account? Don’t Worry, Here is the Solution

To help its existing users access their Group connections, Yahoo has recommended Facebook Groups, Google.io and Google Groups, which allows exporting of Yahoo Group members. But this facility is not free and available as paid one. If you want to save your Yahoo Groups user account email database, then you can use Yahoo Mail Converter. It’s a simple to use application and supports backup of Yahoo Groups email messages along with attachments, Meta Headers, formatting, hyperlinks etc. to multiple output options – PST, PDF, EML, MSG, MBOX, Office 365, Exchange Server, Outlook.com, Gmail, G Suite etc. The tool is useful for both technical and non-technical users who can effortlessly save their Yahoo Mail emails using following steps :

Download the software from given below link –

Step 1 : Now, Install and launch it with first screen appearing as follows

Step 2 : Choose Yahoo Mail from available Email Source List. Now, enter your Yahoo account credentials and click on Login.

Step 3 : The software will now start loading Yahoo email accounts folder list on its left pane

Step 4: Now choose the folders that you want to backup from Yahoo Groups email account

Step 5 : From the right screen of the software window, choose required output option.

Step 6 : Choose required sub-options according to chosen output option, apply filters and click on Backup button

Step 7 : The software will now start backing up your Yahoo Mail account data and on completion, opens an alert window showing “Conversion completed successfully” message.

Let’s Wrap Up

Shutting down of Yahoo Groups is indeed a bad news for users. But its steady declined use over the years has compelled Yahoo to take such hard decision. Not much time is left for saving Yahoo Groups database as backup, so grab Yahoo Mail backup Tool that is also available as a free demo edition and allows saving of first 20 emails per selected folder to local desktop or cloud accounts.