Yahoo to Gmail: Secure Email Transfer
Moving away from Yahoo and upgrading to Gmail? Gmail's built-in 'Import mail and contacts' tool often fails with Yahoo accounts due to security blocks and the massive size of old mailboxes. With the local Mailriva desktop app, you bypass these web-based errors. You can copy your entire Yahoo mailbox directly to Gmail via a secure, local IMAP connection without losing a single folder.
Why web migrations from Yahoo often fail
Online migration services require you to hand over your Yahoo passwords to their cloud servers, posing a massive security risk. Furthermore, Yahoo frequently blocks automated cloud bots. Mailriva handles the Yahoo to Gmail transfer directly on your Windows PC or Mac, acting like a standard email client, meaning Yahoo won't block the transfer.
Zero Cloud Processing
The transfer happens directly through your internet connection. No third-party servers involved.
Complete Transfer
Includes sent items, custom folders, and all large attachments.
Source Stays Intact
We strictly copy your data. Your source mailbox stays unchanged — nothing is deleted from Yahoo.
Credentials Stay Local
Your Yahoo password never leaves your machine. No web forms, no foreign servers.
How to move from Yahoo to Gmail in 5 steps
Create a Yahoo App Password
Log into your Yahoo Security settings. Since your standard password won't work for third-party apps, generate a one-time 'App Password'.
Open the Mailriva App
Download and launch Mailriva on your computer. No registration required.
Connect Yahoo as Source
Enter your Yahoo email address and the newly generated App Password. Mailriva connects securely.
Connect Gmail as Destination
Select Google Mail as your target. A secure Google login window (OAuth) will appear so you don't even need to type your Google password into our app.
Start the Migration
Click start. Mailriva will copy every email and folder from Yahoo over to Gmail. Your Yahoo inbox remains untouched during the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to switch to Gmail?
Download Mailriva and securely migrate your Yahoo emails to Google today.