How to Get My Yahoo Mail Moved to My Gmail Account

Gmail handles data migration through the TrueSwitch service.

Nearly everyone has multiple email accounts for different purposes, and occasionally you may need to transmit information from one account to another. Gmail makes it easy to import data from other Internet email providers via the TrueSwitch email migration service. You can use TrueSwitch to migrate all of your Yahoo email data without even leaving the Gmail program window.

Instructions

1. Navigate to the Gmail website and log in to your Gmail account.

2. Click the "Tools" icon in the upper right corner of the program window and click "Mail settings" in the drop-down menu.

3. Click the "Accounts and Import" tab in the settings window.

4. Click the "Import mail and contacts" button to start the mail import wizard.

5. Type your Yahoo email account address in the text field and click the "Continue" button.

6. Type your Yahoo email account password in the text field and click the "Continue" button.

7. Check the box next to each type of data that you want to import from your Yahoo email account. You can choose to import contacts, mail, and new mail that you receive within 30 days. You can also specify a label that you want attached to all imported mail.

8. Click the "Start Import" button. The TrueSwitch service will begin importing the desired data. It may take between several hours and two days for all of your data to be imported from your Yahoo account.