How To Switch From Yahoo To Gmail

There was a time when yahoo mail was the coolest thing. But that time was a prevalent a long time back when google was not in existence. But since google came into existence more and more people switched to Gmail, which had a more user friendly interface and came with better features.
 
So if until now you had a yahoo mail account and want to switch to Gmail, without losing the contacts and the emails then all you have to do is just follow the below mentioned steps.

• If you don’t have a Gmail account, then the first thing that you need to do is create a Gmail account. If you already have a Gmail account, you can skip this step.
  
• Sign in with your Gmail account. In the upper right corner, click on the upper right corner go to “settings”. 
  
• In the settings go to “Accounts and imports”. Click on “Import mails and contacts”
• A pop up window will appear in which you have to enter your yahoo mail address. click “Continue”.
• Now you will be asked to sign in to your other account (yahoo account). Open another window and log in to your yahoo account. Once you have logged in, click on “Continue” in your Gmail account.
• In your yahoo account, you will see a pop-up asking you to verify access to Gmail in your yahoo account. Click “Agree” to continue. 
• Once you click on agree in the yahoo window, after a few seconds the “import options” will appear in the Gmail window. 
• You can choose from here what all you want to import from your yahoo account to your Gmail account. Click “start import”.
• Once the process has started you will be informed with an “OK”. Click on the button and the pop-up window will be closed. 
• Depending on the data to be imported the process may take some time so be patient.