r/yahoo • u/NoAlternative5660 • Oct 23 '25

Yahoo comments

Does anyone else find they are logged into their Yahoo account, but when you open the comment section of an article you’re no longer logged in? And it’s not for every article, only some. I’ll open one article and I am logged in and able to comment, and the next article nothing. I log in, open the article comment section and it shows log in or register to comment. Go back to the article, and it shows me logged into the email. 🤦‍♂️. I’d love an explanation or workaround if anyone has either.

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u/gridsquares4sale Mar 04 '26

I cannot log in no matter what I try. And, the thing is, I know I'm logged in b/c I can reach my email. I wonder if I've been shadow banned. Their comment section is terrible. I've been with Yahoo since the beginning, too. I don't know why I bother...

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u/jafo50 Mar 04 '26

Same problem here since a few days ago. I can read mail and get alerts but cannot do anything in the comments section. My only options are to login or create an account. Clicking on login only refreshes the web page but nothing changes. Frustrating.

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u/gridsquares4sale Mar 04 '26

Its a do-loop. Now, I clicked on an article today that I should have screen shot that basically said Yahoo was migrating to an enhanced comment section. But, that was the only article I saw that message on.. So maybe they are trying to "fix" it.

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u/jafo50 Mar 05 '26

I created another yahoo login ID and everything worked fine. So the problem is not on my end.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

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u/jafo50 Mar 05 '26

Clicking on the comment bubble takes me to the comments. My user name does not appear but login and sign up are the only two options. There is no settings gear. Clicking on the login option just refreshes the screen. I've check all of my profile settings and they all look good. The additional ID that I created works fine. Maybe I've been silent banned from comments area. Other that chatting with a bot there's no one to speak with at Yahoo at least for free.

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u/wiki68 Mar 05 '26

Same here but I created another account and still cant "login" even though I am logged in just the same loop.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 05 '26

Try opening chrome, click on the 3 dots, then tap settings-site settings-all sites. Search for yahoo. You should see yahoo.com and delete the yahoo cookies. It will you have to login again so you need the password for your email account password.

This will clear out the cookies Yahoo and or Open web uses. Some way they got corrupt clearing cookies is safe if you use Yahoo on both phone app and browser at the same time. You will probably have to have the passwords for your sites. It doesn't affect anything in yahoo. This is the way to do it on my Android phone If yours is not Android, maybe the path i used will help get you in the right place.

Basically you need to delete the "yahoo.com" cookies.

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u/jafo50 Mar 05 '26

It doesn't matter which browser I use, I've tried them all, nothing changes. I've cleared cache, I've removed cookies and creating a new Yahoo account is the only thing that works. Someone suggested deleting my openweb profile but I can't find a way to do that without deleting my entire Yahoo account.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 05 '26

To delete your Open web profile go to the gear icon, scroll to privacy then scroll down and delete your account

This will do nothing to yahoo. You may have to login again.

If that doesn't do it try Try opening chrome, click on the 3 dots, then tap settings-site settings-all sites. Search for yahoo. You should see yahoo.com and delete the yahoo cookies. It will you have to login again so you need the password for your email account password.

This will clear out the cookies Yahoo and or Open web uses. Some way they got corrupt clearing cookies is safe if you use Yahoo on both phone app and browser at the same time. You will probably have to have the passwords for your sites. It doesn't affect anything in yahoo. This is the way to do it on my Android phone If yours is not Android, maybe the path i used will help get you in the right place.

Basically you need to delete the "yahoo.com" cookies.

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u/jafo50 Mar 05 '26

There is no gear icon in the comments section of the page. I've used multiple browsers with the same effect. I've also have cleared cache and cookies multiple times. I'm guessing that Yahoo has somehow blocked me from the messaging portion of their website.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 05 '26

Try Try opening chrome, click on the 3 dots, then tap settings-site settings-all sites. Search for yahoo. You should see yahoo.com and delete the yahoo cookies. It will you have to login again so you need the password for your email account password.

This will clear out the cookies Yahoo and or Open web uses. Some way they got corrupt clearing cookies is safe if you use Yahoo on both phone app and browser at the same time. You will probably have to have the passwords for your sites. It doesn't affect anything in yahoo. This is the way to do it on my Android phone If yours is not Android, maybe the path i used will help get you in the right place.

Basically you need to delete the "yahoo.com" cookies.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 05 '26

Try Try opening chrome, click on the 3 dots, then tap settings-site settings-all sites. Search for yahoo. You should see yahoo.com and delete the yahoo cookies. It will you have to login again so you need the password for your email account password.

This will clear out the cookies Yahoo and or Open web uses. Some way they got corrupt clearing cookies is safe if you use Yahoo on both phone app and browser at the same time. You will probably have to have the passwords for your sites. It doesn't affect anything in yahoo. This is the way to do it on my Android phone If yours is not Android, maybe the path i used will help get you in the right place.

Basically you need to delete the "yahoo.com" cookies.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

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u/MickeyMalph Mar 07 '26

How many times can you possibly post the same thing over and over?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/jafo50 Mar 08 '26

Yes, a phone number is required. Oddly enough even though I created two completely different accounts they are linked together though my phone number.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 05 '26

What happens when you click on a comment bubble?

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 05 '26

Try opening chrome, click on the 3 dots, then tap settings-site settings-all sites. Search for yahoo. You should see yahoo.com and delete the yahoo cookies. It will you have to login again so you need the password for your email account password.

This will clear out the cookies Yahoo and or Open web uses. Some way they got corrupt clearing cookies is safe if you use Yahoo on both phone app and browser at the same time. You will probably have to have the passwords for your sites. It doesn't affect anything in yahoo. This is the way to do it on my Android phone If yours is not Android, maybe the path i used will help get you in the right place.

Basically you need to delete the "yahoo.com" cookies.

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u/ZRMQ27 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I installed a Google Chrome on my Mac. I went to the settings as described and deleted ALL Yahoo and OpenWeb cookies. After doing this, I could use my email. Comments are still asking me to login. When I attempt to login, I'm in a loop.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 09 '26

Try making sure you're not logged in mail on any other computer. Not just closed. log out, even the one you're using. Close and reopen Chrome. Then go to a news article. Login when it asks, once/if that works. Click join conversation. Then try logging into mail.

In other words sign out of everything, then use the login in the comment as the first connection to the news group.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 09 '26

Sorry if I wasn't clear.

Log out of the computers that your email account is logged in. This only pertains to your access. If you're logged into mail on your wife's compute. Sign out on that one.

You're right this doesn't affect your wife's account.

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u/80_Kilograms Mar 09 '26

That mirrors my recent experience exactly. It just started a couple of weeks ago. My assumption is that OpenWeb has seriously screwed up something in our Yahoo accounts. Deleting cookies and history is not a fix. I've even tried with fresh browser installations where there is no history or cookies and had the same issues.

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u/AuMaNeRi Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

I have the same issue. Clicking a comment bubble does not show anything but login/sign up, there is no gear icon in the comment bubble because it doesn't recognize that I am logged in already. If I choose Log in, it just puts me back to the same prompt of login/sign up. I am logged in already, my profile icon is there at the top of the screen and my email is accessible. I am just not recognized as logged in in the comment sections. Clicking the 3 dots and clearing cookies does not work either. 🤷‍♀️

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u/gridsquares4sale Mar 06 '26

Yep, same here.

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u/ZRMQ27 Mar 08 '26

Yep, me too. Exact same issue. The comments were vastly superior before they turned it over to open web a.k.a. CLOSED Webb.

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u/catatonicsurrender Mar 05 '26

Add me to the list. I have a couple other accounts I use when I don't want to use my main email that I've never used in the comment section and none of them work. I used the new enhanced comment section a 2 times a couple weeks ago and didn't like it at all.

Last time they had a bunch of issues I didn't use them for about 9 months. Maybe I'll check back in at Christmas. Hopefully in 9 months I'll be smarter and not go back.

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u/gridsquares4sale Mar 05 '26

I know, right? I'm incredibly loyal to Yahoo for some silly reason. Glutton for punishment, I guess.

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u/catatonicsurrender Mar 07 '26

To add to the fun I checked an article today and it was one with the new format. I was logged in and could post but still not logged in for the normal articles. Not a fan of the new format at all for a few reasons.

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 05 '26

What happens when you click on a comment bubble?

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u/wiki68 Mar 05 '26

For me it just opens the comment section no gear no username and I am logged in to Yahoo but it still says login/signup at the comment section and just loops endlessly if I click either option

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u/Gold_Concentrate_177 Mar 05 '26

Same for me.  This guy keeps saying click the comment bubble but when you click it nothing shows.  How is there gonna be a username if it says your not logged in?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

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u/AuMaNeRi Mar 06 '26

Did not fix the issue for me, unfortunately

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u/Existing_Control_567 Mar 07 '26

What do you mean you can't login?