Right Side Panel (Contacts, Starred, Etc)
There should be a way to remove the contact box on the right. This feature is useful when two windows (one is yahoomail) are displayed side-by-side. During these situations, window real estate is valuable.

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j r commented
Is there any way to get rid of the right panel?
The right panel is completely useless to me and only takes up space that could be better used for expanding the preview pane. -
Gyöngyvér Kovács commented
Would like to close the starred/contact section, so the email content in the layout can be wider to read it easier, but I don't see any option for that.
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Lorraine Crussell commented
I like the light appearance but don't like the grayed out box if read in the summary list. I prefer the subject be bolded if unread and unbolded if read.
I'd like the right hand column to stay minimized if I do it once. If I close email and reopen, I want to keep the right hand column for contacts, calendar, etc. to remain minimized. Should be a setting and not just on the email page. -
Michael Hardiman commented
GET RID OF STARRED VIEW, there is not enough space on the screen to see emails
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Michael Hardiman commented
GET RID OF THE STUPID BOX ON THE RIGHT, IT IS A WASTE OF SPACE. AT LEAST GIVE THAT OPTION.
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Nag Namburi commented
The right panel in the new mail interface that shows starred, contacts etc is very wide and takes up a lot of space which is not even needed. This panel is not even adjustable. Don't like it taking space without much benfit
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Kelsey Rae commented
The ad space in the right column is taking up so much space that I'm having to scroll left to right to read my email. And my emails/inbox column is slid as far to the left (as thin) as allowed.
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Wron Schien commented
There should be an option to hide the right panel with calendar and others, or at least reduce its size
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Adrien Phillips commented
I know everything is ad based these days but Please make the AD box to the right smaller, or put somewhere else. Not the whole right side on the mailbox. Is there a way to open emails in another window? Yes I can scroll over to fully read a email , but I rather open a new window or minimize the ad box.
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Michele Tobias commented
I understand the need for ads, but the panel with the ads is so wide that I cannot read my email. If this continues, I will need to find a new mail service. Please make the ad panel a reasonable size.
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Francis Nasser commented
I just want to see my emails listed when I open the inbox. How do I hide the starred and contact box and retrieve it when I want it?
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Merlot Gal07 commented
Please give us the option to permanently hide the "Starred" or "Important" panel on the right side of Yahoo Mail. I have no use for it, and it reappears every time I reload my inbox, even after I close it. This clutters my screen unnecessarily.
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Moira Forbes commented
no interest in having starred emails or contacts take up 1/3 of screen, wish I could delete that view and just have list and email preview
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Nabil Kapasi commented
Please remember my last setting (collapsed or expanded) of the right tab(contacts, calendar, notepad, etc)
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H J commented
3 different suggestions, that were in the old version of yahoo mail.
From the inbox/messages view
- I can see the left pane, middle and right panes
- I cannot turn off the right pane and its stuck open on contacts or calendar.
- I don't need to see this 3rd pane on the right side of the screen
- Need an option to turn it off completelyFrom the inbox/messages view
- On the left side where the folder list is
- I should be able to collapse the folder view or expand it with one click.Email list view is hard to read due to spacing
- The view of the email messages is hard for me to read due to the spacing
- Need an option to make it look like the original view where the messages are compacted and there is no spacing between messages in the listThanks,
Hargo
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AJ Goldsmith commented
Is there a way to turn off the very right side "starred" view thing? I can't find it. Don't need it.
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Hi Laura, yes we will be adding this ability at a later time. The ability to minimize the right hand column. Currently, it's only available for Yahoo Mail Plus subscribers since there's an ad there. We will share with our team, but it is on the way. Thank you!
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Laura Coulter commented
There are no indications of where to search for posted ideas, so I was unable to do that. This may be a duplicate.
I am getting used to the new email, but I'm struggling in one area. The Starred panel on the right is taking up too much space. I often split my screen to hold 2 browser windows side by side. The Starred panel doesn't fold away. It just makes the mail space much smaller. Whenever I go to my email now, I get frustrated and look again for a way to get rid of that space hogger. Please consider giving us a way to fold it out of the way.
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Chad T Kohler commented
I want to hide the starred email window. How do I do that?
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Sultan Qureshi commented
Suggestion: Please could you consider giving users another option on the "Message Layout" section to remove the "third tile" (where the contacts/starred messages) can be viewed. The message tile is shrunk and requires one to scroll to the right to read the full message (even on a laptop). Or you might want to give the user the option to shrink that third tile. Thank you!