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Step 1
Visit Gmail's switch guide on their website.
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Step 2
Enter your Yahoo! email address in the box and click on "Help Me Switch." Alternatively, click on the "switching from any email address" link to see general directions for switching to Gmail from any email account.
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Step 3
Export your Yahoo! Mail address book in preparation for setting up your Gmail contacts list. Before exporting your Yahoo! contacts, read the Yahoo! Address Book! FAQs to learn about system requirements, browsers and the correct format--.csv or .vcf--for importing and exporting contacts.
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Step 4
Import your contacts into your Gmail account, following the directions in the tutorial: sign into your Gmail account; click on "Contacts" on the left-hand side of any page in the account; click "Import," and choose the .csv file you want to import by clicking on "Browse"; and click on "Import Contacts" after you locate your file.
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Step 5
Announce your new Gmail address to your friends.
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Step 6
Set up signature settings, automatic replies or customizable reply-to addresses, so that friends who send email to your old Yahoo! address will know about your new Gmail address.
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Step 7
Add your Yahoo! account to your Gmail account and manage all of your emails in one place. The "Switching to Gmail" tutorial walks you through the necessary steps to accomplish this.
