Instructions for deleting a Yandex email account
It’s hard to say why the Yandex developers so cleverly hid the mail account deletion mechanism. It can be assumed that this was done for the reason to protect users from accidentally deleting their mailbox. But doesn't it seem strange to you? We can only guess about the real reason.
However, the user reading this article should not worry about this issue, because the article describes, step by step, an algorithm for quickly deleting your Yandex mail. First of all, we should look at the reasons why users intend to get rid of mail on Yandex. The most interesting thing is that users often resort to this procedure for completely unfounded reasons, and deleting mail will in no way solve these problems:
1. If the password for the Yandex.Money payment system is lost;
2. If the user received a notification about an attempt to change his data;
3. If the mailbox is cluttered with spam mailings.
But this is only the beginning of a long list of such funny and absurd situations, the way out of which can be found quickly, without resorting to deleting innocent mail. You shouldn’t take such drastic measures, but you just need to contact Yandex user support. They will tell you in detail what to do in such cases. To change your password, you should use lost data recovery services, and to block spam, you need to go to your mailbox settings.
Instructions “Deleting a Yandex mailbox”
It's worth being aware! [/i]By getting rid of Yandex mail, you will lose your account itself! That is, you will lose access to all Yandex services, of which there are currently countless numbers. The most significant loss can be:
1. Details of electronic wallets that were created in Yandex;
2. Geographic maps with routes laid out on them in the Yandex.Maps service;
3. Files you have ever uploaded to Yandex.Disk;
4. Videos that were posted by you on the hosting.
And only after thoroughly weighing all the pros and cons can you proceed to the procedure for deleting your account.
1. Necessary go to your account and by clicking on the gear icon located in the upper right corner, go to mail settings.
2. A menu will open, go to “All settings”.
3. In the long list of sections on the left side of the screen, you need to click on the bottom button “Enter your data”; it is this option that contains the delete function.
4. On the “Personal Data” tab, select the “Delete Account” menu item.
5. Before permanent removal from the Yandex mail service, the system will request your personal data (answer to security question and password) in order to confirm its action. You need to enter the information requested by the service in all fields, including the captcha, and click on the “Delete account” button.
6. You will be shown a window that will remind you that you are going to get rid of your Yandex account (in case you have already forgotten); you need to click the “Continue” button.
7. This completes the procedure for deleting a Yandex mailbox!
Is it possible to restore access to my mailbox in the future?
After you decisively clicked on the delete button and carried out the confirmation procedure for this procedure, all your data irreversibly disappeared from the system forever. And technically they can no longer be restored. Even if your mailbox was suddenly deleted without your participation, the data cannot be returned.
In this case, you can only restore the old login, and then only a month after the deletion procedure.
It won't be superfluous! [I]If you have had the bitter experience of losing your mailbox, when creating a new one, you should first read the chapter on data security. It is located on the “Yandex Help” page. It contains all the necessary recommendations on how to create a strong password, a security question and an answer, and also contains a description of various mailbox hacking techniques that have been used by scammers for a long time. Such instructions will greatly protect you and all your data from third parties. Dear reader, now you know how you can quite quickly and at any necessary moment terminate the existence of your Yandex email, and with it the entire account as a whole. But you should always remember that deletion is the real deal and you will never be able to get back the lost information!
