# How Can I Find out my old Yahoo Group ID?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-my-old-yahoo-group-id/613439 "2012-02-20T17:52:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-my-old-yahoo-group-id/613439/1 "2012-02-20T17:52:18Z")

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I was active in several yahoo groups up until about 2007. My login name was “remembered” and I only had to enter my password when I went to [groups.yahoo.com](http://groups.yahoo.com). I lost that remembered ID when I reinstalled windows.

I’ve forgotten my yahoo groups ID. :smack: At least, I’ve forgotten exactly how it was spelled (spaces, underscores etc.). I know it was something like AName\_Here42 or maybe A\_Name\_Here42 or maybe AName\_Here\_42 the combinations boggle the mind.

My email gets constantly flooded with crap from Yahoo Groups. I get Yahoo Group Updates, Gardens & Nature-Plants & Flowers Digest is the worst because they send those things every few days.

I can’t find my group ID in any of this email. The sender is the group and you can’t reply back to that.

I’d love to sign into Yahoo Groups and kill these group subscriptions. But I need the blasted group ID I used. Or I may have to abandon this email account and leave it to rot in digital hell.

Help!!! Please?

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-my-old-yahoo-group-id/613439/2 "2012-02-20T17:59:36Z")

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Also, IIRC isn’t the yahoo groups ID different from your yahoo login account?

I never signed into yahoo or used their mail back then. I always signed into yahoo groups at [groups.yahoo.com](http://groups.yahoo.com)

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**Author:** ![newme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@newme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newme)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-my-old-yahoo-group-id/613439/3 "2012-02-20T19:51:47Z")

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Send an email to [yahoogroupname-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com](mailto:yahoogroupname-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com) from the account receiving the emails.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-my-old-yahoo-group-id/613439/4 "2012-02-20T19:57:02Z")

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thanks, l’lI give it a shot.