How to close or reactivate your Yahoo account?
You can close your Yahoo account at any time. Before doing so, review the following information to understand what this action means for your account and your data.
You will lose access to all your data and content, such as your emails, email folders, Flickr photos, calendars, Yahoo Fantasy equipment, and Yahoo Finance wallets.
Download your Flickr photos: you can only download your photos from your Flickr account.
Active Subscriptions: You can only close your account if you have no balance and 90 days have passed since you canceled subscriptions. Visit My subscriptions to cancel paid services and pay account balances.
Your account will be reactivated if you log in within 30 days after closing, with longer waiting periods for accounts registered in Australia, India or New Zealand (90 days) and Brazil, Hong Kong or Taiwan (180 days).