You can delete emails as you view them, from a list of messages, and without needing to view their contents.

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• Delete messages in Full-featured Mail
• Delete messages in Basic Mail

Delete messages in Full-featured Mail

Deleting a single message

Delete a single email from your message list by:

1. Select the checkbox next to the message.
2. Click the Delete icon.
   

OR

1. Click the email to view it.
2. Click the Delete icon.
   

Deleting multiple emails in a list

1. Select the checkbox next to the emails you want to delete.
2. Click the Delete icon.
   

Deleting all emails

In your Inbox, or other folder:

1. Scroll down to your email messages to load more than the initial 50 messages.
2. Select the checkbox to the left of Archive at the top of your message list.
3. Click the Delete icon.
   

Deleting an email without opening it

In your message list:

1. Mouse over an email.
2. On the far-right side, click the Trash icon that appears on that email.
   

Good to know: Deleted emails are sent to your Trash folder. If you deleted emails in error, you can recover them by moving them out of your Trash.

Moving emails from your Trash

1. Click the Trash link in the left navigation column.
   
2. In the Trash folder:
   • Select the checkbox next to the email(s) you want to move from your Trash folder.
   • Click Move.
   • Click a folder's name in the pull-down menu.
   

Your emails move from your Trash to the selected folder.

Delete messages in Basic Mail

Delete a single message

1. Open an email or select its checkbox.
   
2. Click Delete.
   

You can also click the Trash icon at the far right of the message to delete it.

Delete multiple emails in a list

When viewing a list of emails:

1. Click the Select All button.
   
2. Click Delete.
   

Important: Yahoo Mail periodically removes emails from the Trash folder. Learn more from this Yahoo help article.

See Also:

• Move emails in business email
• Filters in business email
• Business email Index