Missing emails after reinstalling Yahoo Mail app on iPad

I was having problems on my iPad with my emails not refreshing, I could access them through the internet by choosing yahoo mail and logging in that way. I decided to delete my email icon thingy from my iPad in the hope of restoring it and problem resolved, not the case. I have managed to install it from apps but my emails are all gone, nothing in any folders (and yes I’ve checked them all). How do I get my emails to transfer across? It’s like my email address isn’t attached to my iPad settings or something? I’ve added 2 screenshots, one from my email and one to show that I’ve checked my settings, I’m obviously missing something that I’m not doing. Complete Novice here so please be kind 😊


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Original Title: Deleted emails

iPad Air, iPadOS 18

Posted on Sep 28, 2025 1:09 AM

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Sep 28, 2025 10:40 AM in response to Debzy66

Debzy66 wrote:

I was having problems on my iPad with my emails not refreshing, I could access them through the internet by choosing yahoo mail and logging in that way. I decided to delete my email icon thingy from my iPad in the hope of restoring it and problem resolved, not the case. I have managed to install it from apps but my emails are all gone, nothing in any folders (and yes I’ve checked them all). How do I get my emails to transfer across? It’s like my email address isn’t attached to my iPad settings or something? I’ve added 2 screenshots, one from my email and one to show that I’ve checked my settings, I’m obviously missing something that I’m not doing. Complete Novice here so please be kind 😊
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8d889991-6442-4f16-8d1a-44576e511961
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6e03a651-fd8c-4372-867a-b4e3cf478e07

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Original Title: Deleted emails

Well did you re-add the yahoo account?

Sep 29, 2025 7:24 AM in response to Debzy66

SAME issue. IPad and iPhone both not connecting to yahoo. Deleted mail account and now I cannot add it back in - says email account is already there - but it isn’t . Apple kept telling me to log into Yahoo over and over again & got locked out - had to change my password there. But there’s no longer a way to update passwords for mail accounts in mail app or mail settings. I updated the password in the password app, but still not working on my ipad, which still has the yahoo mail account, and I still can’t add it to my iphone (on which I deleted the email account and unsuccessfully trying to add it back.). This is MADDENING and it has clearly been an issue since 18.0.0!

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