Comments on: How to recover your Yahoo! Groups from the Internet Archive https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/ Join the Horde! Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:20:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Thomas https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-45738 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:20:52 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-45738 In reply to KarenV..

The only point of the CSV starting letter step seems to be to confirm the name of your group, in case you misremembered it.

Once you know it exactly, just reach for the regular archive.org search box โ€” on the top right of the page, or in the centre on the front page (though not the Wayback Machine box that’s also on the front page) and get to the part where you type:

subject:”yahoo groups” myCoolGroupName

If your group is archived then that should get you to the unglamorously-named archive, e.g. the one I searched for ended up being in a collection called yahoo-groups-2016-09-24T16-36-18Z-81eae6. Then do the stuff it says above โ€” hit ‘show all’ at the bottom of the download options, and grab the warc.gz file for your group. Then do the stuff above re: opening a WARC archive.

]]> By: Les https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-43891 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:58:37 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-43891 I just wish to recover all my groups.

]]> By: dm game https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-43655 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:55:19 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-43655 Thank you for sharing this insightful post! I had completely forgotten about my old Yahoo! Groups and was pleasantly surprised to learn about the Internet Archive’s role in recovering them. Your step-by-step guide makes the process sound so accessible. I can’t wait to try it out and reconnect with some old discussions.

]]> By: Ville Saalo https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-38155 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:50:26 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-38155 In reply to Simon.

I’d be interested in this info as well! The group I’m looking for is open and its metadata is there, but it’s not in any downloadable archive. ๐Ÿ™

]]> By: Michael https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-32191 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:34:47 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-32191 For readers of this article who want to cut to the chase and simply find any existing archive of their former, open (public) Yahoo Group:

1. Simply take this url:
https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22yahoo%20groups%22%20handle
and replace [handle] with the exact name of their former group, as found in the group’s old Yahoo web address. If the official Yahoo Group was located at yahoo.com/groups/abrahamlincolnofficial or groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/abrahamlincolnofficial, then the group handle was “abrahamlincolnofficial”. Former group owners and admins would hopefully remember the handle.

2. If there is a search result with the Yahoo logo, then click on the result. If there is no result and you are certain of the handle,

3. Click on “Web Archive GZ” to download the compressed archive of your group.

4. Choose decompression tools to extract and display the archive.

]]> By: Michael https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-32189 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:52:18 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-32189 Once you navigate the initial maze to find an open group’s WARC file, it appears that anyone with some Python coding skills can convert the archive back into a readable Yahoo Group, either as a website or as a Markdown or e-book document collection.

I will join the tech team that seems to be working on this.

https://yahoogroups.dreamwidth.org/profile

]]> By: SPACE WAVES https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-30611 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:26:38 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-30611 This is such a helpful guide! I had almost lost hope of recovering my Yahoo! Groups, but your step-by-step instructions on using the Internet Archive made it so much easier. Thank you for sharing this valuable info!

]]> By: Anonymous https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-30152 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:59:12 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-30152 where can I find a list of your groups

]]> By: Doranwen https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-28566 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:16:42 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-28566 If people are wondering how to get the ACTUAL group data, well, they should probably be pointed in the direction of the Yahoo Groups (Fandom) Rescue Project: https://yahoogroups.dreamwidth.org/profile

We’re still working on organizing the data, and saved a lot of groups which were Restricted for spam prevention reasons. But we are happy to confirm which groups are saved, and volunteers who help with the tagging can request specific group data to be dug out of the disorganized pile a bit early.

]]> By: winpkr https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-27732 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:09:19 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-27732 This is such a helpful guide! I had given up hope of retrieving those old Yahoo! Groups discussions. Thank you for showing us how to navigate the Internet Archive and recover our sentimental data. I canโ€™t wait to dive back into those memories!

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