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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. empty trash and spam

    Old version had empty trash and empty spam icons. Do these exist in the new version?

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  2. Turn off next email opening automatically

    When I delete an email, the next one is opened automatically. Please turn this feature OFF. I want to open each one manually when I have time.

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  3. Double delete the mail

    For a few months now my email has started deleteing two of my messages when I am only trying to delete one. Not a good thing to be happening. Not even in the new mail yet. Must be an update to the old mail. More spam is getting through also. I had tried the new mail a while back and it didn't handle the spam as well so I had switched back to the old mail as long as it is available.

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  4. New to Yahoo Mail and find it nothing but wanting money

    How do I go back to Xfinity mail? This is too confusing for me. Ads I've never had and I refuse to pay to get rid of them! Absolutely ridiculous!

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  5. Select all

    If you want us to be able to clean out our inboxes more easily, but a select all back on the screen, so I can empty the entire box without clicking on each message.

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  6. Where did the little pictures go when you empty the spam and trash boxes?

    Where are the little trash panda and dumpster fire pictures when I check and delete spam and trash emails from boxes now? I loved seeing those little pictures when I emptied out those boxes.

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  7. recovery more than 10 yaers my Emails.

    Hi Dear / Sir
    Because I haven't used Yahoo email for a few years, all of its data was deleted and I need the emails.
    How can you help me?
    Thank's regards

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    If your account has had no activity for 365 days, then the account is deactivated. We communicate this a few times which includes sending you an email to your alternative email account, so make sure that is updated. If you need help reinstating, contact our CC team at help.yahoo.com. They have the tools to help with these issues. Hope this helps!

  8. No auto delete for trash

    Can we have the option to toggle off the auto delete feature of the trash. Sometimes I forget to save an important email and now it just auto deleted all of it and I have no way of going back. Or if you have to keep then make it it auto deletes anything older than 6 months. I have to get some from Jan that I didnt save so I have to get the one I missed anyways from them that was closer. Thank so much

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  9. Unable to delete 2900000 + items from my account

    I have been trying for months to tidy up my account and every time I try to it will say something like 290000 (or similar) items deleted... when I look back nothing has changed. Before you start trying to reduce the amount of starage, you need to fix this.

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    HI Steve, we recommend deleting less emails at one time. Since you are trying to delete this many at once it's backlogged the backend. Try deleting fewer emails at a time. This will help. Thanks!

  10. sort by sender

    To delete, I want to sort by sender name. Why has this been eliminated?

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  11. batch delete

    please allow us to select all in our window of emails to delete. some days i get 120 junk mails to delete
    appreciate it

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  12. Restore previous featue of deleting old emails by Sender alphabetically

    I am extremely frustrated that you have deleted your old style of deleting email by Sender listed alphabetically. Your new method is SO time consuming!! I receive so many emails from ads and companies and do not want to spend a crazy amount of time tping in each ad or company to a search box. PLEASE could you RESTORE your original feature of deleting old emails by Sender alphabetically? I have heard the same frustration from friends who also have yahoo email. Many people would greatly appreciate it. My email is jcmichener@yahoo.com. Thank you in advance!

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  13. Delete all the emails from a specific sender

    In order to delete old emails in a mass quantity, can you give us an option to select the sender name so we can find all the emails under that sender and remove them quickly. For example I have a billion emails from Indeed. In that case I can write sender name and ask system to delete all at once.

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  14. ALLOW TO DELETE ALL ADVERTISING, NOT JUST 100 EMAILS AT A TIME

    WHY ONLY 100 EMAILS AT A TIME, IT IS WAY TOO TIME CONSUMING TO DELETE EMAILS

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    Hi Tom, from your Inbox, if you click on any checkbox a new checkbox will appear the very top. From there you can Select All and then Delete All. When it's deleting... at the top, you'll see a small popup ask if you want ALL the emails deleted. Thanks!

  15. Sort Parameters

    It would be a good thing to be able to sort by 'Sender' for the entire inbox file rather than have to select a specific Sender at a time. If you want to delete most or all emails for multiple unknown senders, a total sort by 'Sender' would significantly reduce the time to delete and reduce my number of emails. I think I was able to do it one time and have not been able to find the option again; it is like it is no longer accessible. I also could not find an 'Edit' option as suggested in the…

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    Hi Barbara, yes you can sort by sender in this version, but just like the other version, you need to disable Conversation view from your Settings. We cannot sort by sender when Conversations are enabled. Once you disable Conversations, sort by sender is an option. Hope this helps!

  16. Batch Delete Search Results (More than 100 emails at a time)

    There needs to be an easy way to delete more than 100 emails at once in the new Yahoo Mail view. Right now I only see the option to delete more than 100 emails at once for entire folders - but there's no way to, for instance, delete all of the emails sent to me by Zillow by searching for Zillow as a sender and then selecting all.

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  17. delete all newsletters

    Its great that you have created "Newsletters" and "Social" auto categories but still have to scroll thru screen after to screen to select the emails to delete. Please add a delete all function for these categories so I dont have to scroll thru screen after screen selecting only 100 messages at a time. thanks

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  18. bulk mail

    Is there a easier way to delete emails in BULK?

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  19. CANCEL TRIAL EMAIL

    EMAIL HAS A COVERED UP SEARCH AREA WHERE I CANNOT SEE OR TOUCH THE TRASH CAN OR MOVE ICONS

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  20. mass deleting entire box

    the inbox will not delete all the messages. Ive tried the select all messages it says deleting but they are still there. The amount of trash and inability to filter junk mail effectively makes yahoo mail unusable

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