We can move Yahoo emails to an external hard drive to guard our data against potential breaches or just to keep a backup. As people worry more about email security, it makes sense to have a local copy of important emails. We have manual and automated ways to do this. I’ll explain the steps for each method and talk about what manual methods can’t do.

Manual Way to Move Yahoo Emails

Step 1: Set up Yahoo Mail in Outlook using POP/IMAP

Start Microsoft Outlook and log in to your account.
Click “File” then “Add Account.”
Type in your Yahoo email ID and click “Connect.”
Pick the POP option and enter your Yahoo password.

Step 2: Save Yahoo Emails on Your Computer

In Outlook, go to “File” > “Open & Export” > “Import/Export.”
Choose “Export to a file” and then pick “Outlook Data File (.pst).”
Find a place to save and click “Finish.”

Step 3: Get Emails Using the Print Option
Log into your Yahoo Mail account and find the email you’d like to keep.
Hit the “More” button (three dots) and pick “Print.”
Go for “Save as PDF” to put the email on your computer.

Free manual methods may have big downsides. They take a lot of time when you’re moving a lot of emails. You might lose data as you work, and you can’t sort emails well. Also, you can’t save attachments on their own, which is a pain.

To make things easier, you can try the MigrateEmails Yahoo Mail Backup Tool. This software makes backing up a breeze by letting you move lots of emails fast. It keeps your folders in order and works with different file types, so you don’t lose anything. Thanks to its easy-to-use design even people who aren’t tech-savvy can figure it out without much trouble.