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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. Buttons on top of viewing a message

    Right now you have to click the three dots to see the Archive option. That should be one of the icon options always visable.

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  2. Message Title Font Size Too Large

    With the list above and the message below, the area for the message's title takes up WAAAAAY to much space so there is hardly any space for the message content. This should be smaller by default. I was also hunting through the settings to see if there was a font size option to be more compact but I couldn't find one. I'm already on "compact" view in the appearance setting but that seems to only affect the list and not the message view below it.

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  3. something broken

    “IMAP settings missing. Need agent.”
    My Cox-migrated Yahoo account opens only the identity panel under Mailboxes.
    There are no IMAP or SMTP server settings. The mailbox is partially provisioned
    and IMAP is not enabled on the backend. Please re-provision or refresh the
    account so IMAP/SMTP settings appear.

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  4. Selection zone box

    Make selection zone that's around the box where you select your email bigger and not just the box itself. When you're clicking on the emails to delete and don't EXACTLY hit the box, you end up opening the email. Then you have to go back and that slows down the email deletion process. This normally happens when you roll out something new. Thanks!

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  5. Flexibility

    Do not take away functionality which we liked!!!!
    I want my inbox in WHITE, not grey;
    The messages need NO ICON for the sender, its a waste of space
    The messages are too spaced out, I liked the full screen with many lines of text
    I need to see the folder names on the LHS and be able to drag messages there
    You can ADD choosing the typeface; choosing the colour of screen and of text

    GIVE US OWNERSHIP, and please, do not deny us the chance to return to the previous version which we might prefer, I DO !!!

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  6. Interface flaws

    I've been using the new mail for a while now and I like it, however there are few annoying issues:

    1) I'm using the compact view, which I think it was selected the first time I switched to the new email.
    However I don't see I could change this in case I wanted to try other view. In settings I don't see a way to change it

    2) I've selected in the setting to not load the images automatically, but they are still loaded anyway.

    3) Because of the compact view, when I delete an email with the icons on…

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  7. Accept Invitations

    I never get the notices that I have been invited to a group after owners set them at my request.. Why is that? If yahoo blocks them then why not give that control to the individual to accept or deny

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  8. A few usability suggestions

    Great new design, I like it. There are a few things that I think could be improved:

    1. Ads look the same as new emails so its hard to see how many emails you haven't checked - good for ads click through, not so great for user experience.

    2. The inbox icon doesn't show the number of unread emails which is a bit odd.

    3. The inbox default to Priority not All even if you haven't set the priority emails.

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  9. Mailboxes selector should be at the top

    Can you Please move the mailboxes icon above the 'new message' icon or inbox icon - it makes it much more easier to switch between different mailboxes without me wasting time scrolling down for it.

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  10. the mailboxes should be able to show like folders

    the folders option down the left is collapsable and openable so they all constantly show or not,
    this should be the same for the mailboxes rather than it now being hidden away at the bottom and having to click it to see if any emails are in each inbox

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  11. Stop randomly scrolling through the email list

    When I am scrolling my inbox, or other folders, the list randomly scrolls several screens, usually in the opposite direction that I am scrolling with my mouse. When I close an email, the list immediately scrolls away from where it was when I opened the email. This makes it very difficult to use Yahoo! Mail. I am unable to scroll through recent emails to find anything because the list keeps shifting away from the current location. This happens in both Chrome and Firefox, on Windows 10, 11, Linux Mint and Linux Bazzite. Using the search feature is not a suitable…

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  12. Restore the ability to move folders that have sub-folders

    I organise my holidays in folders. Each holiday has sub folders for flights\hotels etc. Once the holiday is done I want to move the whole folder to "Past Trips". I used to be able to do this but no longer can.

    Here's what I have to do.
    Create a new folder in past trips with a dummy name.
    Move each subfolder in the current trip to the new dummy folder.
    Move any mails in the main current trip folder to the new dummy folder.
    Delete the original folder.
    Rename the dummy folder the the name of the trip.

    I used…

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  13. Functionality of scrolling through mail

    Scrolling through mail is maddening. I can't see mail and scroll through titles of mail, it's not intuitive at all. I can't intuitively change the view of my main interface. I can scroll through the side menus. I can't scroll through the titles unless I use arrows. Trying to find the scroll bar for my main email is so frustrating I can't begin to describe it. Navigating this page is just not worth using yahoo anymore.

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  14. fix glitches!

    IM DEALING WITH COURT MATTERS AND ONE OF THE THREADS WENT MISSING NOT IN TRASH WHICH I NEVER EMPTY, NOT A SIGN OF IT ANYWHERE!! COURT COURT COURT VERY IMPORTANT IM LOST AT TO HOW A THREADED CONVERSATION CAN LOOSE PART OF THE CONVERSATION? FIX YOUR GLITCH OR DONT FULLY DELETE THING FROM DELETED FOLDER FOR A WEEK I DIDNT EVEN DELETE IT THOUGH SO SUPER CONFUSED WHERE IT WENTTRIED LOOKING ON APP THEN HOPPED ON COMPUTER CUZ IM AT ALOSS

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  15. Split Screen Formatting

    This is a feature that was recently removed, and I'm not sure why. When you have your inbox in split-screen mode, where your inbox is displayed side-by-side with the currently selected message, the selected message being displayed should format the text of the message to fit the current window size. Currently, if you decrease the size of the display window and make it narrower, the text does not format to still fit on the display. You currently have to use a slider to pan back and forth to read a message. Scaling the text as the window scales is just…

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  16. Pop Up is Annoying

    When I make an action (file, delete, spam), the pop up not only lasts for like 5 SECONDS, but also just happens to sit on top of the actions menu. WHYYY???

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  17. Very slow response

    When load the yahoo mail first time, Inbox loads instantly and response is Ok. If i leave the page idle and try to access after some time page feels like freezing or very slow response to select / open.

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  18. Stop popping up the 'click to save it for later'

    It hangs my browser. I click the up arrow to go to the next email, and that thing pops up . I can't do anything until I hit the x on it every time.
    I'm just trying to hit the up arrow a few times to read my emails and now I have to go click the x every single time.

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  19. BUG: Folder menu floating offset in Safari browser

    I am using Safari browser Version 18.6 (18621.3.11.19.1, 18621) on a MacBook M1 Pro running Ventura 13.7.8 (22H730).

    I drag and drop messages from my inbox into folders to stay organized. Recently, when dragging messages to the "Folders" icon on Safari, the subfolders popup menu that appears on hover is too far above the Folders button. The subfolders menu disappears as soon as I exit the Folders button hover area because the submenu is too far away. For now, I'm using the expanded left sidebar to avoid this.

    This popup menu offset issue does not occur on Chrome browser.

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  20. adblocker

    I do not use ad blocker, yet I am told to turn it off. Fix your code, yahoo.
    Firefox on Linux

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