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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.




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  1. HOW MANY UNREAD MESSAGES?

    NOT a fan of this (unrequested) change. AT all. Immediately can't see how many UNREAD emails I have. Just to begin with. It's really not that easy. God, after all these years, do have to find another platform? Or just switch to GMAIL? God! No thanks!

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  2. compact view - search by sender - no summary

    Restore compact view - single line spacing.
    Allow search by sender, not just by subject
    Give option to turn off the Yahoo generated summary

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  3. mail viewing box

    old version---i was able to adjust the width of my email viewing area as much as 2 whole inches by making the folder section thinner with a simple click and drag....the new version should have this ability instead of dead unusable space in between each section (folders, mail, contacts/ad)
    due to eyesight I need to use my screen at 100% and this makes a huge difference

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  4. reply all

    bring back the reply all button and fill in all reply/forward icons in solid black so they stand out on the screen like they used to

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  5. Adding links: a more efficient process

    When composing a message, I often embed links in the text. e.g., "Last year's report says blah-blah", and I'd add a link so people can click on "Last year's report" and it would take them to the report. To do this I use the shortcut Ctrl-K (or click on the add link button).

    Problem: when I add a link in the new Yahoo Mail, my cursor does not automatically go to the Link field. So I have to click on that field before pasting the url, instead of just pasting it right away. Then the cursor does not automatically go…

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  6. usability

    how do **** do i open the calendar?? Why do you hide everything under so much ****.. over the years this has become a go to google to figure every thing!!!!

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  7. Too much vertical space

    Make the layout more compact. There is too much vertical space. And yes, I have already set it to compact mode.

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  8. Give option to search a folder for a specific email.

    Currently, you only give the option to search all messages or search another email account. Please add the option to search a specific folder (one I created) for an email. For example, I have a folder called "Orders," when I make an online purchase I save the receipt email in this folder. If I go looking for this email, I only want to search for it in my "Orders" folder. I do not want to search all my emails. Another option would be to allow users to change the color tint of the headers of all of the emails in…

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  9. How do I turn off the "feature" that loads the next email by scrolling? I HATE it

    How do I turn off the "feature" that loads the next email by scrolling? I HATE it

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  10. FOLDER area

    When i get a message in the folders/my created folder name I do not see any indication when in inbox area that I have a mail in that folder. Same goes with any folder in the FOLDER

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  11. Mail preview issue

    Thank you for the new Yahoo Mail, I really like it. However, there’s an issue — even though I turned off the mail preview option in the settings, previews still appear in the emails.

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  12. mail folder persistent sub-folder expansion

    Hello Yahoo Mail Team,

    Sub: Yahoo Mail Folder Persistent Sub-folder Expansion OR one click expansion of all sub-folders

    I’m using the new Yahoo Mail app on Windows 11 and have noticed that sub-folders in the folder pane collapse automatically. When new messages arrive in a sub-folder, they’re not visible until I manually expand the parent folder.

    This behavior makes it easy to miss important messages unless I constantly check and expand folders. I’d love to see an option to keep sub-folders expanded persistently or have the app auto-expand folders with unread messages.

    Thanks for considering this improvement—it would greatly enhance…

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  13. browser stalls when loading

    It looks like whatever you're loading in the background when opening Mail, probably ads, brings my browser to its knees. Stop loading so much junk.

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  14. Not GETTING MY EMAILS

    I just found out that after over 25 years of using my yahoo account my email is full in fact over 128% over. I decided to pay the $5 a month. I still have no emails for nearly a month. I need to get my **** from today.

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  15. remove starred email box on right

    how can I remove the starred email panel on right of email box? Doesn't leave enough space to see emails

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  16. SPAMMERS

    Stop HIDING the sender's real address. It slows my SPAM checking.

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  17. aesthetics and customizations

    1) The aesthetic look of new Yahoo mail is not as great as the older one. Please make it more colorful and customizable.
    2) The options to open folders like inbox, sent items and all other folders should be editable. For Ex: I would like to fit in more folders in a single view rather than click every time to expand the view.
    3) I should have option to be able to see more emails in a single view when i choose the "List" Option in Message Layout. Currently the message preview is also visible which is affecting the number…

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  18. Closing last remaining tab brings you to "inbox primary" but scrolled down to a couple days ago. Why?

    Closing the last remaining tab brings me to "inbox primary" but scrolled down 2 days ago. Why? Ideally, it should go to the top. I'd also rather have a setting for my preference to default to "inbox - all" and not just "primary".

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  19. Having done a search and clicking on an email, return to the search tab when closing the tab

    Tab 3 is a search. I click on an email and Tab 4 opens. Go back to Tab 3 and click on an email. Tab 5 opens. Close tab 5. It goes to an "Inbox - Primary". It should go back to the search tab, in this example it's Tab 3.

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  20. back arrow should close tab

    Clicking on the back arrow when finished reading an email should also close the tab above, but the tab remains open. Clicking on the back arrow should be the same as clicking on the "x" to close an email - which should close the tab.

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