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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. Improve speed

    It is incredibly slow. I can't use it on my desktop. It's awful. Please fix it.

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  2. Remove intrusive search preview

    When key word searching in mail and hit enter, sometimes/usually there is LARGE boxes that link to specific emails that are I assume the most recent of the most relevant to your search that show up at the top of the mailbox. Please remove that feature or allow a clear way to dismiss this suggestion. If the suggestion is not what you're looking for, and you don't have the window full screened, the suggestions will take up most of the mailbox blocking the view and impeding of the act of searching for what you're looking for.

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  3. Better search for attachments

    Hello,

    When I´m trying to search my email attachments by selecting the tool

    containattachmenttypes:document,image,video,audio,pdf,spreadsheet,presentation

    it only shows me a very few results ( 4 or 5 emails) .

    My account limit is nearly 15 gb now , so I´m concerned about this problem .

    Thank you,

    Jon Doncel

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  4. What happened to search?

    Reinstall search in mails, it sucks as it is now.

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  5. Searching Mail Folder

    We can search what is only in the SENT Folder. When I select search for the INBOX folder I only want to see what is in my INBOX folder not what is in any other folder. You include emails in other folders that in the INBOX folder in that search. That makes no sense.

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  6. Large files and mails search function

    You have decided to force users to decrease their max mailbox size. This is understandable, but I cannot search on Yahoo! mail by file size today.

    Please input that search function!

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  7. Search by Custom Dates

    There is no easy way to enter custom dates for search in Yahoo Mail. The only option I see is jump by a month. Ideally one should be able to select a year then month and the date. I try to enter the date which is accepted by the field however it does not get selected! This is the most basic way all websites allow date selection.

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  9. Keep inbox in the same place it was when you opened a search window

    When you close a search window, please bring the user back to wherever in their inbox they initiated the search, rather than the top of their inbox. It is very frustrating when you are, for example, 100 messages into your inbox, click search, then close the search window and end up at the top of your inbox and you have to scroll back to where you want to be. The previous version of Yahoo brought you back to where you were in your inbox when you initiated the search, not to the top of your inbox.

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  10. SEARCH IN BODY OF EMAIL

    SEARCH IN BODY OF EMAIL... IIRC, the old Yahoo Mail allowed you to search not just for words in the title, but also in the body of the email. The new Yahoo email appears to only allow searching for words in the title of the email.

    Can we go back to the old way?

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  11. Search box

    It should have just a standard search box, with search by attachment or search by name or search by date you know basic stuff. I hate it when improvements are not actually improvements. Searching by hoovering over someone's name is only helpful if I can actually find the stupid email first. If you have a search box like this it's **** hard to find, I still don't see it so that's no good either.

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  12. it's loading not finished

    i cant search, its loading forever
    also if i change tab, it loading forever too
    also when i go to all email,
    only work if i refresh the page

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  13. Hide cards on search results

    When searching for older emails, "cards" related to delivered items that match that search results appear on top, so that the area where I actually see the search results is so small it's very difficult to navigate. How can I remove those cards?

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  14. Search keeps hanging up around Sept. 2025

    Whenever I search for mail in new yahoo mail, it seems to always hang up around Sept. 2025. It just shows a spinning wheel. Has been happening since I switched to new mail. I'm on a fast win 11 pc with tons of memory, fast 16 core cpu, 1 gigabit comcast internet. The problem is not at my end. What is the problem?

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  15. I need to search the contents of my emails by keyword.

    I should be able to search the contents of my emails by keyword. Advance Search does NOT give me the ability to search by keyword(s).

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  16. Improvement to search feature

    When you close a search window, please bring the user back to wherever in their inbox they initiated the search, rather than the top of their inbox. It is very frustrating when you are, for example, 100 messages into your inbox, click search, then close the search window and end up at the top of your inbox and you have to scroll back to where you want to be. The previous version of Yahoo brought you back to where you were in your inbox when you initiated the search, not to the top of your inbox.

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  17. Add filter to search function

    There needs to be a filter to only pull similar emails that have NOT been filed to a folder.

    Right now, when you click the magnifying glass to search emails from the same sender, you cannot filter to only show what has not been filed yet (inbox or archive). This slows down the review process significantly when there are many emails to sort through.

    I do not care about what has already been filed, or even about emails that I sent. Currently it brings in all emails (inbox, archive, filed, and sent) and I suspect it also brings in ones…

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  18. Make search more user-friendly

    When you close a search window, please bring the user back to wherever in their inbox they initiated the search, rather than the top of their inbox. It is very frustrating when you are, for example, 100 messages into your inbox, click search, then close the search window and end up at the top of your inbox and you have to scroll back to where you want to be. The previous version of Yahoo brought you back to where you were in your inbox when you initiated the search, not to the top of your inbox.

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  19. Scrolling wider right hand margin

    In box and folders - enlarge the scroll on the right to make scrolling easier

    Search received mail it defaults to show With Attachment - enable deselecting With Attachment

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  20. Missing emails

    I'm missing emails in my CV Johnson folder from Nov 21 - Dec 11, 2025. I did not delete them but can't find them.

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