Creating Yahoo Groups for Your Contacts

How to Add Groups to Your Yahoo! Contacts

Whether you are looking to add a Yahoo group for a new niche of friends or you desire to make your Yahoo! Messenger experience more efficient, adding Yahoo groups to your contact list is the fastest way to organize your IM client.

To begin, use your cursor and click “Contacts” on the top toolbar on the Yahoo! Messenger client window, then select “Manage Groups,” then select “Create a Group.”

Add Your Yahoo! Group Name

A "Create New Group" window will appear, prompting you to enter the new Yahoo group name. Enter your Yahoo group name exactly as you would like it to appear on your Yahoo! Messenger contact list, then click “Ok.”

Your New Yahoo! Group Has Been Added

Your new Yahoo group will appear on your Yahoo! Messenger contacts list, ready for you to add contacts new and old to the Yahoo group.

Add Contacts to Your Yahoo! Group

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To add a contact to your new Yahoo group, select “Contacts” again, then “Manage Groups,” then “Move to Group…” from the top toolbar on the Yahoo! Messenger client window.

Select Contacts for Your Yahoo! Group

A window will appear prompting users to select the Yahoo! Messenger contacts you would like to move to your Yahoo group. To select multiple users, click Ctrl as you click each contact’s radio button, to the left of their screenname.

Click “Ok” to continue.

Select Your Yahoo! Group

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Next, click the name of the Yahoo group you would like to move these contacts to and press “Ok” to continue. Users can also click “Create a New Group” to create a new Yahoo group label at this time.

Your Contacts Have Been Added to Your Group

Your contacts are now successfully moved to your new Yahoo group. Next time they log on (dependent on if they have accepted your request to add them to your Yahoo! Messenger contact list), they will appear under this new Yahoo group label.