How to Connect Yahoo Mail to Facebook?

By connecting your Yahoo Mail account with your Facebook account, you can easily add contacts from your FB account to your Yahoo Mail account. In order to get your Facebook contacts on Yahoo Mail, you will need to use your Yahoo account settings on a desktop. If you are looking to connect your Yahoo Mail account to Facebook using the Yahoo mobile app, unfortunately, as of October 2016, the feature has been discontinued. Below you can find the steps to link your Yahoo Mail account to Facebook using the desktop version of Yahoo.

Guide to Connect Yahoo Mail to Facebook

NOTE: The following steps to connect your Yahoo Mail account to Facebook are for the older version of Yahoo Mail.

  1. Open a supported web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge) on your computer and go to the Yahoo Mail sign-in page.
  2. Once you are on the Yahoo Mail sign-in page, sign in to your Yahoo Mail account using the login credential.
  3. After you are logged into your Yahoo Mail account, you will need to click on the Setting option (gear icon) located on the top-right corner of the screen. This will open a drop-down menu on your screen.
  4. From the drop-down menu that appears on your screen, you will need to select the Settings option.
  5. In the Settings section of your Yahoo Mail account, you will need to click on the Accounts option. Doing so will open different categories on the right-hand side.
  6. In the right-hand side panel, you will need to go to the Social networking tab and click on the Connect option next to Facebook. This will direct you to your Facebook account.
  7. If you are not already logged into your Facebook account, you will be taken to the Facebook sign-in page. Enter your login credentials in the provided fields and log into your account.
  8. Then, you will need to click on the “Continue as (Your Facebook Name)” button. Doing so will prompt that you are successfully connected to Facebook. Here, you will need to click on the OK button.
  9. As you will click on the OK button, you will find your contacts of FB account appearing in the Contact list of your Yahoo Mail account.
  10. If you ever wish to de-link your Facebook account from Yahoo Mail, you will simply need to click on the Disconnect option next to Facebook in the Settings > Accounts > Social Networking Sites section.

Alternatively, you can follow the below-mentioned steps to import contacts from your Facebook account to your Yahoo Mail account.

NOTE: If you are using a newer version of Yahoo Mail, you will need to follow the below-mentioned steps to import contacts from your Facebook account to your Yahoo Mail account.

  1. In your Yahoo Mail account, click on the Settings option located near the top-right corner.
  2. From the menu that expands on your screen, you will need to click on the More settings option located in the bottom section.
  3. In the More settings option, you will need to click on the Contacts option located in the left-hand side panel.
  4. Under the Contacts section, you will need to click on the Import/Connect option next to the Facebook option and follow the on-screen prompts.
  5. The contacts from your Facebook account will be imported to your Yahoo Mail account.

NOTE: In case you don’t find the option to import contacts from your Facebook account to Yahoo Mail, unfortunately, Yahoo might have withdrawn the feature.

So, these are the steps that you will need to follow to connect your Yahoo Mail account to Facebook.

Updated: August 24, 2020 — 8:13 am

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