Abhijith Pradeep
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Apr 21, 2020

My yahoo and gmail accounts are linked and i want to unlink them

My yahoo and gmail accounts are somehow linked. My gmail is the recovery mail of my yahoo account.
But both accounts are using the same password, and when I tried signing into my Yahoo account, its going into my gmail account. I want them both to be separated.
Thanks for the help.
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bkc56
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Apr 21, 2020
So you have one Google account.  You may have originally created it using a Yahoo e-mail address, but at some point you added Gmail to the same Google account.   So Gmail is now the primary e-mail address and Yahoo an alternate.
 
Just to be clear, your Yahoo account is with a different company and is not "linked" to your Gmail account.  You have a Google account that you can log into using either e-mail address:  Yahoo or Gmail.
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bkc56
Diamond Product Expert
Apr 21, 2020
Please go to the e-mail page in your Google account settings:  https://security.google.com/settings/email 
 
What accounts are listed on that page (even without the @gmail.com part)?  Be sure to expand the Advanced section to see any alternate usernames.
 
How are they designated:  primary, alternate, etc?
Abhijith Pradeep
Original Poster
Apr 21, 2020
my yahoo mail is listed as recovery and alternate. I think the alternate part is whats causing this. Is there any way I can change it?
bkc56
Diamond Product Expert
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Apr 21, 2020
So you have one Google account.  You may have originally created it using a Yahoo e-mail address, but at some point you added Gmail to the same Google account.   So Gmail is now the primary e-mail address and Yahoo an alternate.
 
Just to be clear, your Yahoo account is with a different company and is not "linked" to your Gmail account.  You have a Google account that you can log into using either e-mail address:  Yahoo or Gmail.
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Abhijith Pradeep
Original Poster
Apr 21, 2020
So is there any way I can change the yahoo mail from the google account so that I can use it separately?
bkc56
Diamond Product Expert
Apr 21, 2020
So is there any way I can change the yahoo mail from the google account so that I can use it separately?
 
If there is an option to delete it as an alternate username, then you should be able to use it on a NEW Google account.
 
Bebi Ghanie
Jun 9, 2020
I want my yahoo account to be my primary account not link with Gmail or any other email account
Clancette Clift
Jun 24, 2020
ME TOO - Simply because all Government and /or high security items are setup through it and I have used it for banking for more than about thirty years?
User 12227407823539717636
Jul 6, 2020
Not helpful
RAMILCALDERON CALDERONRAMIL
Jul 7, 2020
Iwant to be my phone not to observe me..
Tirad Aljuhani
Jul 16, 2020
Google linked my yahoo account to one of my friends emails who uses google "just because he used his google account in my computer" Now how can I at least change it to a different gmail account that I own.
Drini Nosi
Jul 23, 2020
You have to log in to your Yahoo email, go to the Settings / Recent Activities/ and disable the Gmail connection from there.

I hope this helps!
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Dylan Maccluskey
Jul 25, 2020
none of this is me dylan maccluskey
Dylan Maccluskey
Jul 25, 2020
someone has access to my old phone
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