An extra email address or recovery email help manage your Yahoo account in different ways.
Send and receive emails with an extra email address
- All your emails in one place - Emails sent to your extra address go to your inbox.
- It's a second email address - An extra email address lives within your existing account.
- Send emails - Select your extra email address in the "From" drop-down menu to send from that address.
A recovery email helps you get back in to your account
- Update your account info - A recovery email address isn't required, but it's good to have one.
- Recover your account - If you forget your password, we'll send a verification email to your recovery email.
