How to Delete a Stock in Yahoo Finance

Using Yahoo Finance, you may build up investment portfolios for your business so that you can monitor only the news and information relevant to those assets. Other financial news sites may also have useful articles and information on your stock holdings. However, Yahoo’s stories and data may be more relevant to your investing plan since they are based on Yahoo’s own data.

Still, the stock market is constantly changing, and so will your Yahoo Finance Portfolio. Sooner or later, you’ll find yourself needing to delete a stock. But how can you do it? Keep on reading to find out the answer.

How to Delete a Stock in Yahoo Finance on a PC

There are different ways to delete stocks in Yahoo Finance. You can delete a single entry, the whole portfolio, or you can even delete the stocks you just viewed. Also, you can use the Yahoo Finance Widget to delete a stock. Here are the steps on how to delete a single entry from your portfolio from your PC:

1. Get online and go to the Yahoo Finance home page.
   
2. Click “Sign in,” and enter your Yahoo username and password.
   
3. Open a drop-down menu by hovering over “My Portfolios,” and pick the portfolio you wish to delete an entry from.
   
4. Remove the entry by clicking the “X” on the far right. This entry’s ticker symbol will be repeated in a message that appears when you click “Delete.” Click “Remove” in that message to confirm.
   

If you decide that deleting single entries is too time-consuming for you, try deleting the whole portfolio. Here’s how:

1. Log in to Yahoo Finance.
   
2. Go to “My Portfolio.”
   
3. You can remove a list from “My Portfolios” by clicking on it.
   
4. You can delete your portfolio by clicking “Settings” then “Delete Portfolio.”
   
5. Hit “Confirm.”
   

If you want to delete a recently viewed stock, it’s simple enough to do. Just follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Yahoo Finance account.
   
2. Choose “My Portfolios.”
   
3. Go to the bottom of the page and click “Summary.”
   
4. Remove the symbols by checking the boxes next to them.
   
5. Select “Delete Symbols” from the Symbols menu.
   
6. Press “Confirm.”
   

Using the free finance widget Yahoo offers gives you real-time access to stock prices, indices, mutual funds, and other financial information. For example, you may choose the stocks and financial data are tracked by this widget. If you don’t want to keep tabs on a particular stock through the widget anymore, you may remove it with a few mouse clicks. Here’s how:

1. On your desktop, find the “Yahoo Widget” toolbar. Press the “Yahoo Finance” widget symbol that can be found in the bar to bring up the widget’s screen.
   
2. In the lower-left corner of the widget’s screen, click the “add/edit symbols” button. This button consists of a tiny white circle that has a grayish “+” symbol. The widget’s screen will provide a table of all your stocks.
   
3. Locate the stock that you wish to remove from the list in your widget. Select the square icon with an “x” beside the name of the entry you wish to delete. Click it to erase it.
   

How to Delete a Stock in Yahoo Finance on the iPhone App

Yahoo Finance gives you the option of doing everything you can on a PC on your iPhone. Hence, the app allows you to delete individual entries, portfolios, recently viewed stock and use the Yahoo Finance Widget. Here’s how to delete a single stock using your iPhone:

1. Log in to the Yahoo Finance app.
   
2. Select the Menu icon.
   
3. Navigate to “My Watchlist.”
   
4. Choose the list containing the stock you wish to remove.
   
5. Tap on the edit count for that stock.
   
6. Select “Delete list”.
   

It’s also easy to delete your whole portfolio from the iPhone app.

1. Launch the Yahoo Finance app.
   
2. Select the Homeicon.
   
3. Tap on “My Portfolio.”
   
4. Select the list that you wish to remove.
   
5. Tap the “Edit” icon in the top right corner.
   
6. Select “Delete Portfolio” from the menu.
   
7. Tap on “Done.”
   

To delete recently viewed stock, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Yahoo Finance app.
   
2. Tap on the Home icon.
   
3. Select “My Portfolio.”
   
4. Tap on the list with the symbol you wish to delete under “My Portfolios.”
   
5. Choose “Edit.”
   
6. Swipe left to the symbols you wish to delete.
   
7. Pick “Delete Symbols.”
   
8. Tap “Confirm.”
   

If you’ve added the Yahoo Finance Widget to your iPhone home screen, you can also use it to delete stocks. Here’s how:

1. Tap the “add/edit symbols” button in the widget’s lower-left corner. This button is made of a small white circle surrounded by a gray “+” sign. The widget’s screen will display a list of all available stocks.
2. Find the stock you wish to delete from the widget’s list of stocks. To delete a stock from your widget, click the square button with an “x” next to its name.

How to Delete a Stock in Yahoo Finance on the Android App

The Android Yahoo app is similar to the iPhone app. Hence, you have the same options when it comes to deleting stocks. The following steps illustrate how to erase a single stock from your Android:

1. Open the Yahoo Finance app and sign in.
   
2. Click on the Menu icon.
   
3. Select “My Portfolios.”
   
4. Choose the list that contains the stock you wish to delete.
   
5. Tap on the stock’s share count.
   
6. Click “Delete a lot.”
   

Additionally, you may easily erase your whole portfolio using the Android app.

1. Open the Yahoo Finance application.
   
2. Click on the Menu icon.
   
3. Select “My Portfolio” from the drop-down menu.
   
4. Pick the list from which you wish to delete it.
   
5. tap the “More” icon in the upper right corner.
   
6. From the menu, select “Delete Portfolio.”
   
7. Click “Done.”
   

To remove a stock that was recently seen, follow these steps:

1. Open the Yahoo Finance application.
   
2. Tap the Menu icon.
   
3. Choose “My Portfolio.”
   
4. Tap on the list containing the symbol you wish to remove.
   
5. Pick “Summary.”
   
6. Select the checkboxes next to the symbols you want to remove.
   
7. Tap “Erase Symbols.”
   
8. Press “Confirm.”
   

If you want to delete a stock from the Yahoo Finance Widget, here’s how:

1. Tap the “add/edit symbols” button in the widget’s lower-left corner. This button is made of a tiny white circle encircled by a gray “+.” A list of all accessible stocks will be displayed on the widget’s screen.
2. From the widget’s list of stocks, locate the stock you wish to remove. To remove a stock from your widget, click the square button next to the name that has an “x” in it.

Manage Your Stocks Easily

With Yahoo Finance, you can delete stocks in many different ways, whether you’re at home on your PC or on the go with the app. The platform also has many other options that were added over time. Yahoo Finance is more than just a location to check up on the stock market and read about corporate developments. It is now allowing its app users to trade directly on the stock market, as well.

Additionally, the organization is now partnering with TradeIt, which lets users sync their brokerage portfolios to purchase and sell stocks without leaving the app.

Have you ever deleted a stock using Yahoo Finance? How long have you been using Yahoo Finance? Let us know in the comment section below!