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Welcome to the new Yahoo Mail Desktop experience! This is a place for you to help shape the redesign. We review the most popular, feasible ideas from this forum to make positive changes to your Yahoo Mail.


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*Those asking about going back to the old version. Unfortunately, if you do not see the "Go Back" button you cannot go back. We really hope you'll try the new experience! Thanks!


WHAT'S NEW?
Search by Sender - Just hover over the sender's profile image and a spyglass icon will appear where you can search all emails by that sender.
Multi-Tasking Tabs - Like before, open an email in a new tab.
AI Summaries - Ability to disable. Go to Settings > AI Features > Toggle Off
Number of Total Messages - Hover over the Inbox Icon and you will see both total number of messages and unread.
Sender's Email Address - You don't have to open the message to see the sender's email address. Just hover over the sender's name from your Inbox.



COMING SOON!
Differentiate Unread v. Read - Better ways to see the difference.
Resize Images - Resize an image within the message.
Inbox Categories - Default to "All" category instead of always Priority.
Right Hand Column - Ability to minimize: Contacts, Starred, More (Currently for Yahoo Mail Plus subscribers)


TIPS:
Inbox Categories - You can go back to having just ONE Inbox. Go to Settings > Personalize Inbox.
Keep Folders Expanded - First expand left hand column by hovering on Inbox edge until you see Double Arrows. Then a drop down will show up next to Folders.
Bulk Delete - Click on a checkbox from your Inbox and a new checkbox will appear at the top. From there you can Select All and Delete All.
Sender's Email Address - You don't have to open the message to see the sender's email address. Just hover over the sender's name from your Inbox.
Dark Mode - Go to Settings > Appearance.




**Please do NOT post about Account, Password, Login issues here. It will be deleted. Please go to help.yahoo.com.




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  1. Folder pinning

    There needs to be a way to pin frequently used folders instead of burying them under a folder icon.

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  2. Sorting Unread emails by Senders Name

    I have tried numerous times to sort my unread messages by sender's name and although the option is available, it does not sort. Can this issue be resolved as soon as possible? Would make removing unwanted emails efficiently. Thank you,
    Denise

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  3. Even my e-mail drafts have been disappearing

    Could you please restore them?

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    Hi Paola, can we please have a bit more info? Can you please elaborate? Are you writing an email and it saves as a draft and when you go back it's gone? We can't try and replicate because we definitely need more steps, context. Thanks.

  4. Hackathon Sorting

    Create an option for users to delete all UNREAD messages with date selection, ie delete all "unread message prior to 1/1/26"

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  5. Sent Folder - Mass Actions

    I'm trying to clean up my sent folder. There is no way to select multiple messages and do a mass action on them such as delete, move, archive, mark read/unread. You have to do them one message at a time. Bring back all of the action buttons that used to be at the top and also the select all messages checkbox. I don't know why these aren't there. Should be at least consistent with the other folders especially because the sent folder is one of the main folders in any email app.

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  6. Undo Send

    Sometimes an e-mail is sent too quickly or hasn't been proof read thoroughly. It would be nice to be able to do edit or recall an e-mail.

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  7. Images continue to show despite changing setting, this is unsafe

    I want to use the new Yahoo mail but it feels unsafe to do so until the images are truly blocked. They are still there for me. But when I switch to the older version they are gone.

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  8. when I'm Staring email, I want to be able to star it in the same column that I unstar

    in the main email page when I want to star an email I have to move to the right hand side to star and email, but the icon for the star is on the left of the description.

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  9. Have differnt Star Colors

    I was thinking it would be great if the user could change the star color from just red. I personally star a tone of emails but they are for different things like work, purchase orders, medical and so on. So for example, I could star my work emails with a yellow star and for medical a blue star and so on. Just food for thought.

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  10. please switch my accounts to the old mail

    please, return my accounts back to old usual layout of basic mail. The new one is very very unhandy, thanks.

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  11. Allow user to set email filters to inbox categories

    For some reason the automatic message sorts in category placement in the inbox has changed. Hence, now most of
    messages that were previously going to the 'proper' categories (offers, social and newsletter) are now showing up in the primary inbox category. A function like the one when the user moves a message to the Spam folder that sets a filter, could be implemented for when the user moves a message to a different inbox category.

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  12. Unable to download notepads

    Trying to download notes and unsuccessful on multiple browsers multiple times. Error
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    Failed - Unknown server error. Please try again, or contact the server administrator.

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  13. Move Unread Folder up on the left side bar or give us the option to customize our side bar.

    Move Unread Folder up on the left side bar or give us the option to customize our side bar. I use the unread tab every day to see what's new and mark my emails as "read" quickly. With the new design, the Unread folder is now hidden under the three dots and requires an extra click every time I'd like to navigate to it. If for some reason it doesn't make sense to move the unread box up for everyone, then let us customize our own side bars or restore the option to revert back to Classic Mail. Thanks!

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  14. bring back some lost functionality please!

    Please bring back:
    1. Create Filter from this message/sender shortcut.
    2. Search no longer lets me choose which folder to search, it searches every folder by default.
    3. "Delete all emails" deletes from all folders, not just the folder selected. I don't want to delete every email from that sender, just those in the Inbox.
    No option on your account to return to the prior Yahoo Mail interface. Yahoo confirms that some accounts no longer have the rollback option.

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  15. I no longer can "search" for a keyword.

    I no longer can "search" for a keyword. The only field available is "subject". This field was especially helpful when I can't remember the subject line. Please fix.

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  16. REMOVE THE OVERSIZED COLORED DOTS BY EACH NAME

    THE COLORED DOTS ARE VERY DISTRACTING, ALSO NEED A DIM BUTTON YOU GO FROM BRIGHT WHITE TO BLACK

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  17. Protect Starred/Tagged Emails from "Select All" Deletion

    The 'Select All' feature is fantastic for quickly clearing junk. However, when 'Select All' is used, it includes emails that I have already marked as Starred (or otherwise "tagged important").

    My suggestion is that the system should be designed to automatically exclude any emails that are Starred/Tagged Important when the user selects 'Select All' for deletion. This would prevent accidentally deleting priority messages while mass-clearing the inbox.

    In short: Starred/Important emails should be protected from the 'Select All' function for deletion.

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  18. Show Mail Subject while scroll down

    Show Mail Subject while scroll down

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  19. SEPARATE EMAILS BY DATE

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring back my inbox that is organized by date: Today, Yesterday, Earlier This Week, Last Week, Earlier This Month, Last Month, Earlier This Year, Last Year, etc. YOU HAD IT - NOW IT IS GONE! Gmail has it, Outlook has it, WHY DID YOU REMOVE THIS FEATURE - NOW I JUST HAVE A HUGE LIST OF EMAILS IN MY INBOX WITH NO SEPARATION WHATSOEVER! I have spent over an hour looking to return to Classic, Basic, filter by date... anything to resolve this issue!

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  20. Security

    Thank goodness I have the new Yahoo email. No scammer would ever try and hack me now because it is so ******* awful

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