How to Take Backup of Emails Using Advik Email Backup Wizard?

Step 1: Launch the software and select your email service provider. Step 2: Sign in with your login details (OAuth or App Password). Step 3: Choose required mailbox folders you want to backup. Step 4: Select any saving option from the list. Step 5: Filter by date/subject if needed and click Backup. Once the process is started, it starts to download and provides a live progress report.

Which email providers are offered by this software?

It offers more than 200+ email providers including Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, Zoho Mail, AOL, GoDaddy, cPanel/Webmail, Exchange Server, Rediffmail, GMX, Fastmail, SiteGround, Bluehost, Hostgator and any server that supports IMAP or POP3. If your provider is not listed, choose the IMAP option and type in the server details yourself.

Can I backup just specific folders or date ranges?

Yes. The tool allows you to select single or multiple folders (Inbox, Sent, Drafts, custom folders) and filter by date range, subject, sender or any other filter. For instance, if you want to backup only emails from Nov in Gmail, select Gmail as the source, filter by date range Nov 1-30 and hit Backup and only those emails will be downloaded.

Does Advik store my password or data?

No. Advik Email Backup Wizard uses OAuth 2.0 for supported providers (Gmail, Microsoft 365) — your password is neither entered into nor stored by the tool. For IMAP connections, credentials are only used during the active session and are not sent to Advik's servers. All data goes straight from your email provider to your local storage.

What is the difference between Lite, Pro, and Migration licenses?

Lite License: Backup and save email from one email account. Pro License: All Lite features, plus Batch Mode to backup multiple email accounts. Migration License: Comes with all Pro features and provides direct email migration between supported email services and accounts.

Can I get a full log report after completion of backup process?

Yes. When the backup is completed the tool creates a detailed log report. It includes information about each email, its status such as successful, skipped, or failed, the output file path, and timestamps.

Yahoo Backup Tool to Save Yahoo Emails to Computer

The Yahoo Email Backup Wake-Up Call

Why Do You Need Yahoo Mail Backup Tool?

Explore the situations where backup Yahoo emails is beneficial.

Account Hacking & Cyber Threats

Cyber threats such as phishing attacks, unauthorized access and account compromise can put your Yahoo data at risk. By ransomware attack your important data could be lost forever. Having a complete backup of your Yahoo Mail account provides an extra layer of security and gives you confidence. From this backup copy you can recover emails if your account is compromised.

Protection Against Data Loss

Your Yahoo account may contain crucial information such as business communication or personal data. Sometimes unexpected events such as account corruption and accidental deletion can lead to permanent data loss. Yahoo Backup software helps you to create a backup copy of your valuable email data that ensures your emails remain safe even in such scenarios.

Migration to Another Platform

Sometimes, users want to switch from Yahoo to other email platform. Using the backup tool, users can directly transfer Yahoo to Office 365, Gmail, Zoho Mail, Outlook.com, Outlook, Thunderbird and other email platforms. The software makes the migration process simpler by adding the login credentials of your Yahoo Mail account and desired email service.

Step-by-Step Process

How to Backup Yahoo Emails to Computer?

No need to configure your account. Just enter the login credentials of your account to start the backup process.

Settings: Generate App Password

Run the Software and Sign In

Download and install the Advik Yahoo Backup Wizard on your system. Enter your Yahoo Mail account email address and App Password in the respective field and then press Login button. The software will connect to your Yahoo account and load its mailbox folders.

Select Yahoo Mailbox Folders

After login, the tool will display all folders of your account. Now, choose the folders that you want to backup. You can select all or specific folders as per your requirements.

Choose a Saving Format

The software offers 25+ saving options such as PST, PDF, MBOX, EML, HTML, MS, DOC, CSV, etc. to download Yahoo mailbox data. You can choose any format in which you want to save your data.

Browse Destination Location and Click Backup

Click on Change button to select the destination path to save the backup file. You can choose a location on your system or external hard drive where you want to save. After choosing the location, press the Backup button to initiate the backup process. After completing the process, you will get a log report that include all details of the backup file.

Step 1: Run the software and sign in

Step 2: Choose Yahoo mailbox folders

Step 3: Choose a saving option

Step 4 — select destination path and click backup

Step 4: Choose destination location and click backup

Complete Mailbox Coverage

Advik Yahoo Backup Software Capabilities

Every part of your Yahoo mailbox is covered — messages, attachments and the complete folder structure are saved exactly as they appear in your account.

Emails

Attachments

Folders

Emails — Saved with Everything Intact

Backup all emails without disturbing its metadata attributes:

Message body and rich text formatting

Sender, recipient, Cc and Bcc information

Metadata and original email structure

Embedded hyperlinks, signatures and date

Attachments — Any File Type

Backup Yahoo emails along with attachment file. With this utility, you can backup any type of attachment format, such as:

TXT

DOCX

PNG

JPEG

MP4

XLS

Folders — Complete Mailbox Structure

Yahoo Mail Backup Software can save all folders associated with your Yahoo account, like:

Inbox

Outbox

Drafts

Spam

25+ Output Formats

Download Emails in Any Format of your Choice

Export emails in PST, Gmail and in any other as per your requirement for backup, sharing or compliance needs.

PST

MBOX

EML

EMLX

MSG

NSF

TGZ

PDF

HTML

MHT

DOC

DOCX

RTF

XPS

ODT

CSV

ICS

vCard

ZIP

JSON

XML

PNG

TIFF

GIF

JPEG

Email Client Formats

PST — Microsoft Outlook

MBOX — Thunderbird, Apple Mail

EML — Standard Email Format

EMLX — Apple Mail Exclusive

MSG — Outlook Message

NSF — IBM Lotus Notes

TGZ — Zimbra Mailbox

Document Formats

PDF — Searchable, printable

DOC / DOCX — Microsoft Word

RTF — Rich Text Format

XPS — XML Paper Specification

ODT — OpenDocument Text

PNG / TIFF / JPEG — Image

Web & Archive Formats

HTML — Web browser viewable

MHT — Single-file webpage

ZIP — Compressed archive

XML — Structured data export

JSON — Developer-friendly

Data & Calendar Formats

CSV — Excel-compatible data

ICS — Calendar / iCalendar

vCard — Contacts export

Why Choose Us

Yahoo Mail Backup Highlights

Designed for users who want a fast, secure and hassle free way to save Yahoo emails without technical complexity.

Backup Complete Yahoo Mailbox

With bulk processing capability this is an outstanding solution. It allows users to back up the entire Yahoo mailbox in one process. It includes all default and custom folders such as Inbox, Sent, Drafts, Spam and Trash for the backup process. Users can download all emails from Yahoo to an external hard drive, local drive, PC or computer system.

Multiple Saving Options

This is one of the best solution trusted by experts globally. This powerful tool provides more than 25 saving options that users can pick to backup their Yahoo data. You can export Yahoo Mail to PST, PDF, EML, MSG, MBOX, DOC, RTF, XPS, Maildir, TGZ, and many more. This will create an alternate way to open Yahoo emails offline in various applications.

Advanced Email Filter Options

Another feature of this utility is that the software could minimize the manual efforts of users during backup process. If you want to backup Yahoo emails selectively or want to get rid of unwanted emails, you can apply email filters. This feature will help you to backup only desired emails and will skip the rest. You can apply filters like subject name, date range, sender and receiver details.

Backup Multiple Accounts

The Software allows you to download emails from multiple Yahoo email accounts in one process. Use "Batch Mode" and upload a CSV file with your email address and password of multiple Yahoo accounts. This option will let you backup multiple Yahoo email accounts in one single attempt. This option is very useful for an organization or users having tons of Yahoo email accounts for backup.

Retain Folder Hierarchy

While generating backup of Yahoo emails, the software will automatically detect the folder structure. It will hold the mailbox folder hierarchy and keep it preserved even after the completion of the backup. This is a very important and useful feature that maintains the originality of the folder and sub-folder structure. Hence, users will not get confused while locating or finding their respective emails.

Preserve Metadata Properties

Sometimes, users need to save email backup to their desire location to remember it. With this tool, users can save backup files to their selective location such as computer’s hard drive, USB flash drive, external hard disc etc. This allows the users to keep the backup copies in safe and convenient locations as per their needs.

Generate Log Report

The software generates a savings.log txt file after the completion of the Yahoo Mail account backup process. This report enables users to analyze the complete details of backup such as start date and time, saving type, folder path, destination path and the amount of data backed up.

Download Yahoo Emails to Desktop Client

With the help of this program, you can download Yahoo emails to desktop-based email clients. You can import Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird, Zimbra, HCL Notes (IBM Notes Earlier), Windows Live Mail, and Outlook without configuration. No manual setup is required to export your data.

Compatible with All Windows OS

Advik Yahoo Backup Tool is a completely Windows-based application. The software is widely compatible with all the previous and latest Windows versions including Windows 11/10. You can download the Yahoo Backup tool for free and try the demo version with all functionalities.

Yahoo Mail to Cloud Migration

Take help from this software and use it as a Yahoo Migration tool. The software is embedded with an email migration feature as well. You can transfer emails from Yahoo to Gmail, Office 365, Zoho Mail, AWS Workmail, or any email source that supports IMAP protocol. Hence making it an all-in-one solution toolkit.

User Reviews

150,000+ Users Trust Their Emails to Advik

From solo freelancers to enterprise IT teams — here's what they say.

★★★★★ 4.9 / 5 · Based on 2,074 verified reviews

I tried several solutions to backup my emails before switching from Yahoo to Office 365. Their native export was not working and all other tools failed or were costly. Advik imported 6 years of Yahoo Mail in under 2 hours, kept all my folders and attachments Absolutely workable. It was worth it.

Marcus

IT Administrator · Spain

★★★★★

Yahoo → Office 365 Migration

★★★★★

"Some time ago, I was looking for a precious application to back up Yahoo emails. For this, I tried much different software but did not get any special results. When I get Advik Yahoo Backup Tool, all my requirements went away and I was able to backup Yahoo database easily. I am completely satisfied with the performance of this software."

Robert Williams

United Kingdom

★★★★★

"Thank you Advik team for launching this amazing powerful software to download all Yahoo messages into standard reusable file extensions. After getting this application, I am able to backup my entire Yahoo mailbox while keeping original folder structure."

Johnson

Australia

★★★★★

"The customer support for Advik Yahoo Backup Wizard was exceptional. I have a few questions regarding the software, which our support team can help you with. Their active support firmed my confidence in this product."

Nick Thomas

Canada

★★★★★

"I am using this Yahoo Mail downloader program from past few months. I want to recommend it to all Yahoo users if they want to archive their emails into commonly used email and document formats. It holds all important email items while downloading messages."

Madrid, Spain

★★★★★

"I used this backup wizard, and it worked really well. It saved all my emails with attachments without any trouble. The steps were easy to follow, and the backup finished faster than I expected. I highly recommend this solution for anyone who wants to keep their Yahoo data safe."

Kelvin Jra

USA

★★★★★

"First of all, thank you so much developer team for designing such a helpful software. I am not very tech-savvy but I appreciate how simply this utility can use. This software is a time saving solution that meets all my backup needs. It successfully export my emails into MBOX files for use with Thunderbird."

Daisy Sherton

Germany

Simple Pricing

Free vs Paid — What You Actually Get

Start free, no credit card required. Upgrade when you need unlimited backup.

Feature	Free Trial	Lite License Starts from $39
Yahoo Email Backup Software
Backup limit per folder	25 emails	Unlimited
Output formats	25+	25+
Preserves folder structure	✓	✓
Saves attachments	✓	✓
Batch / multiple accounts	✓	✓
Cloud-to-cloud migration	✓	✓
Filters & Options
Date range filter	✓	✓
Subject / sender / recipient filter	✓	✓
Folder selection	✓	✓
Save to custom location	✓	✓
Advanced Features
Unlimited backup (no 25 limit)	—	✓
Priority support	—	✓
Free lifetime updates	—	✓
30-day money back guarantee	—	✓
No credit card required for free trial	Download	Buy Now

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Advik Yahoo Backup Wizard.

Step 1. Run the Advik Yahoo Backup Tool in your system.
Step 2. Enter your Yahoo Mail account login details (OAuth or App Password).
Step 3. Choose required mailbox folders you want to backup.
Step 4. Select any saving option from the given list.
Step 5. Choose destination path and click Backup.

Finished! This is how you can download all Yahoo emails in bulk securely.

Yes, using the email filters offered by this backup wizard you can export selective emails only.

No, there is no limitation on the number of Yahoo email folders for the backup process.

Yes, you can backup multiple Yahoo Mail accounts at a time using Batch Mode feature available in Pro version. You need to create a CSV file with of your required email accounts and upload it into the software. The tool will automatically process and backup all accounts one-by-one.

No, Advik Yahoo Backup Wizard does not store your Yahoo email ID and password entered into the tool. All data goes straight from your Yahoo Mail to your local storage.

Yes, this program shows all email folders in the software window before backup. Choose only Inbox folder and need to uncheck other folders, after that press Backup button to download Yahoo inbox folder.

The tool automatically creates a log report that has the information about Yahoo downloaded emails like Start Date & Time, Saving Type, Selected Source, Folder Path, Items Converted, Destination path and Status of the process.

Operating System	Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7 — 32-bit & 64-bit
Processor	Pentium class or higher · Multi-core recommended
RAM	1 GB minimum · 2 GB recommended for large mailboxes
Disk Space	500 MB for installation · Additional space for backup output
Internet	Active connection required (IMAP / POP3 / OAuth)
Email Protocols	IMAP, POP3, OAuth 2.0 (Gmail, Microsoft 365), HTTPS
Output Formats	PST, MBOX, EML, MSG, PDF, HTML, DOC, RTF, CSV, ICS, vCard & 14 more
Supported Providers	Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft 365, Zoho, Exchange, cPanel & 200+ more
Version	13.4 · Last updated May 2026
License	Free · Lite · Pro · Migration

Advik Yahoo Backup Tool