Removing & Recreating your Office 365 Account on an Android Phone or Tablet

To reconfigure (remove/re-add) your Android device, you will need to delete your existing Yale email
account from your mail application.

If you have not previously set up your Yale email account to your Android device, skip to step 4.

To view an instructional video on how to set up/re-add your new O365 on your android device, view
the Microsoft support video. The video is titled “Use the built in Android mail app to set up O365 or
Exchange-based work or school email accounts”

Steps Action/Result Screenshots

1 To delete your existing

@yale.edu email address,
tap the settings icon.
2 Scroll down and tap
Accounts.

Your @yale.edu email

address will appear
under the title Exchange.
Press and hold that
account until the Menu
window opens.

3 On the Menu window,

scroll down and click
Remove Account.

A pop up message will

appear at the bottom of
the screen – tap OK or
Remove Account.

You have successfully

deleted your pre-existing
@yale.edu account.
4
To set up your @yale.edu
email address on your
Android phone or tablet,
tap the Settings icon on
the home screen.

You can also view these

steps in a video here.

5 Scroll down and tap

Accounts.
6 Tap Add Account.

7
Select Exchange.
8
Enter your Yale email
address and password,
then tap Next.

9 Select the items you

want to sync by tapping
the green check box. If it
is checked, it will sync. If
it is unchecked, it will not
sync.

Choosing to sync an item

means it will appear on
your Android phone or
tablet as well as your
computer.

After you have selected

which items you want to
sync to your device, click
Next.
11 Give your account a
name. Click Next.

This is an optional step, if

you do not wish to give
your email account a
name, click Next.

10 Your “Exchange” email

should now appear in the
list of mailboxes under
Accounts.

You can reassure that

your O365 mailbox has
synced by opening up
your mail client and
checking to see if mail
has downloaded.

You have successfully

added your O365
mailbox to your Android
phone or tablet.