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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. Address book

    Why can'y I find my old address book form old email before mandatory switch to Yahoo??

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  2. Email sorting. Alphabetically

    For years the emails could be sorted alphabetically. This would simplify and speed the deleting process. Please add this option. Thank you

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    Hi there, you can disable Inbox Categories under your Settings and go back to having just one Inbox. What use case would you want to sort alphabetical? Are you wanting to see senders? YOU can sort by sender, but Conversation view needs to be disabled. Thanks!

  3. search by folder

    I could clear my inbox a lot quicker if I could search only the inbox! I think this used to be an option on the customized search

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    Hi Nancy, you can search by only Inbox... not sure we're following? From you Inbox, when you do a search in the search box, it only searches the Inbox. Are you seeing something different? Also, the advanced search icon is to the right of the Search box. Thanks!

  4. Search cards in results????? Why??? Need to be able to delete or close

    I wish I could share a screen shot but currently there are search results that show "cards" which I know someone is trying to be helpful but on a small screen, I cant even read the emails. The "cards" in the results need to be allowed to be closed or minimized so I can actually read the results of teh search.
    Do NOT assume you know what I'm looking for.

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  5. Improve Search Function

    When I do a search of emails, I would like to limit the search to just my inbox. We used to be able to do this via Advanced search, which offered a drop down menu that offered "inbox" as an option. Why did you change this????

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    0 comments  ·  Search  ·  Admin →

    Hi Debbie, we changed this slightly, but it's still the same as the old version In the Search box, you'll see the Advanced search icon to the right.

    Then you'll see Search in... and you can choose the account. It will search the "inbox" of that account. Thanks!

  6. Include new filter category - size of email

    Dear Sirs, I have been using your services for more than 20 years. I understand you want to put 15GB limit on the maximum mail account. However when I tried to delete the largest messages, this was not possible. My suggestion is to add new functionality - filter mail by its size. I am happy to continue using your services with 15GB limit, at the same time I cant find the big emails. I think this feature would help also other users.
    Would you plan to include it in your development plan?

    Thank you.

    Best regards,

    Daniel

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    Hi Daniel, you can sort by "Largest First" when looking at your Inbox. You can also go to a Manage Storage Landing page that helps you with deleting tools. That way you get under the 15GB threshold! Just go to the cloud icon in your left hand navigation. It's towards the bottom. Thanks!

  7. block them

    I am fed up up getting phishing emails there need two be something to stop them on yahoo?

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    The best way to get rid of spam is to mark as spam, not delete or block! This helps with your spam filters and does exactly what blocking does, prevents that email from coming to your Inbox. So please keep marking as spam! It is free and part of regular Yahoo Mail. Thanks!

  8. Email Box Clean-Up help

    Hi, I would like to have the ability to search for a email address and mass delete messages. For example I unsubscribed to newsletter I don't use any more but have 2000+ emails, would be nice if there is a way to search and mass delete messages you unsubscribed too. Maybe even a feature of the unsubsribe button.

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  9. indiana

    How can I view my folders. yahoo mail is too difficult to navigate.

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  10. SEARCH and/or Sort

    I am new from transfer from Comcast, that had excellent email sort by (column: name, date, etc) options. I cannot find any such capability on Yahoo. The need is to search by SENDER, etec., so I can see my emails, select the ones I do not want in that group, and delete them. I realize Yahoo sells storage, but this necessary to manage and delete old emails.

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  11. The search in the new web UI is much worse than the old UI

    For example, searching for "EVGA" to find an old receipt yields 0 results. Searching for the same thing in the iOS app finds the mail with the receipt immediately

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  12. Add a filter in the inbox with mail size

    I want to delete my mails with the biggest file size, but I can't filter on this. The data consumption for Yahoo is huge when I can't delete the biggest ones.

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    0 comments  ·  Search  ·  Admin →

    Yes, you can delete by size! You can go to your Settings and then click on the storage cloud icon. From there you can sort by largest files. You can also do this by looking at your Inbox, and to the top, right hand side, you'll see the sorting icon and one of your choices is "Largest First." Thanks.

  13. Sort emails alphabetically

    Add ability to Sort emails alphabetically so items from same sender can be grouped together for easy Moving or Deleting.

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  14. Sort by sender

    Why can't I 'sort" by sender? I want to sort my inbox in order by sender so I can easily see all the emails from one person/sender and review/delete quickly

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  15. Email sort by sender does not work.

    Sort by Sender does not work.

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  16. Filter by sender

    Other email programs provide the option of filtering emails by sender. I cannot find this option in ymail.

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  17. What happened to 3000+ e-mails

    Dear Sirs,
    I was very uneasy about switching to the Yahoo service. I have been a Comcast/Xfinity customer for over 30 years. I have lost easily several thousand e-mails in the transition. Many of those I would likely have deleted anyway but now it seems like I have maybe a hundred e-mails when it was formerly in the thousands. Is there anyway to retrieve everything that has been lost?
    What does your statement mean, "I have a product subscription that includes technical support?" That was not a requirement with Comcast/Xfinity or was it included in my monthly fee? Does Yahoo…

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  18. Spam Emails

    Why are all these spam emails allowed to come through? Many should be reported for content. I have used up all my blocked privileges so just have to keep deleting them now but this is excessive to receive all this spam and disturbing content daily , spam should be blocked also and not up to me to keep blocking and now i can't block any more, only delete

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    Please make sure you are marking these emails as spam instead of just deleting. Also, if they are newsletters please make sure you unsubscribe from these. We will also share this with our anti-spam team. Thank you!

  19. search emails by sender

    Why did you take away the ability to search emails by sender? Please put this back!

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  20. organize emails alphabetically, like it used to be

    Go back to the option of organizing emails alphabetically in the subject line

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