How do I return to the previous Yahoo version?

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Last year I upgraded to the latest Yahoo version. How do I revert back to the previous version of Yahoo. The newer version removes many of the functionality I relied on. The newer version messes with how I save documents. I also find the search function poorly executes my searches.

Can I revert back to the  previous version of Yahoo?
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Philflash

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Yahoo is a web site. Are you referring to Yahoo Mail or something else?

Switch between basic and full-featured Yahoo Mail

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Referring to Yahoo Mail

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I think the switch from full-featured to basic as in the link I provided is all you can do:

Yahoo Mail has 2 versions.

1. Classic Mail (basic) (heading shows sign out and home in the far top right) –

This is a very basic version for slow internet connections and older computers and operating systems.

You can switch to Classic Mail from Full Featured Mail as follows.

Go to the gear menu and select “more settings”.

Click on “Switch to Classic Mail”. Basic is now called classic.

2. Full Featured Mail (heading shows your name, dots, and home in the far top right) –

You can switch to Full Featured Mail from Classic Mail with the link at the top right.

You can also switch by going to options and then mail accounts and select it there.

How to go in old version of yahoo mail?

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Trying to follow the instructions above to switch to the “classic” version.  1st thing, “click on gear icon”….the “new” version was forced, and there is no gear button..!  SO frustrating!

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Kate- if you still aren’t seeing the option,from Yahoo mail support.

Not seeing the option to switch back? As we move forward with the New Yahoo Mail experience, the option to opt out and return to the previous version may be removed for some accounts.

Non-techy Win 10 Pro and Linux Mint experimenter

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mledman

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I just noticed – the most recent post on this thread is April, 2021….am I in the wrong place?  UGH

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On the left side below  inbox, trash etc. click the three dots (…).  Click settings, then basic mail

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When you get switched to the ‘basic’ Yahoo mail, you’ll see “Switch to the standard version of Yahoo Mail” on the page header alongside the mail tabs (don’t click it). Placement might vary depending on which browser’s in use, also timing might show 3 generational variants (old, aging and new! or was it Classic, Basic, Standard?).

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mledman

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Howl of anguish as I was switched to New Yahoo Mail with no option presented to switch back to the way it was. The appearance of New Yahoo Mail makes me think it was designed for smartphone users and not desktop web browser users. The reason I think that is the condensed folder list in the left pane.

As a matter of fact, that condensed folder list reminds me exactly how Windows 11 condensed the right click context menu. In New Yahoo Mail, you must click 3 dots to see more. I can’t remember exactly now, but the analogous Windows 11 right click context menu makes you click something (show more?) to see the rest of the right click actions.

At least in Windows 11, there is a registry hack to return the appearance of the full right click context menu.

Alas, Yahoo offers no customization in New Yahoo Mail to get the full left pane folder list back – makes you click on those 3 stupid dots. That would be so simple and is so obvious. Let New Yahoo Mail users customize what folders appear in left folder pane via settings.

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mledman wrote:

click the three dots (…). Click settings, then basic mail

restored the expanded folder list in the left pane for me.

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mledman wrote:

click the three dots (…). Click settings, then basic mail

For Yahoo, it seems that the choice is between New Yahoo Mail or basic Yahoo mail.

Not clear to me at this moment what is lost by switching to basic mail. For instance, in my Yahoo mail I have filters set up to direct some mail to folders, but I read that basic does not have that functionality. That, by itself, would probably not be a big loss, but it gives me pause to research and experiment what else may be lost with a switch to basic. Likely basic is OK, but want to see what ramifications it may carry.

Right now, I am in the midst of income tax preparation so do not want the Yahoo change to divide my attention. Income taxes are my priority.

The Yahoo mail change is just really bad timing for me. Have decades using Yahoo mail. For now, all in due time.

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My wife uses Yahoo Mail.  She has decided it’s more of a PITA to fight with Yahoo over the UI than to adapt to the New Yahoo Mail.  Good luck with the Taxes.

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Back in early February 2025, I had my beloved Classic Yahoo Mail forcibly switched to the dreadful “New Yahoo Mail” without my being given the option to switch back. Although “New Yahoo Mail” settings had an option to switch to “basic mail”, my understanding was that “basic mail” lacked some functionality of my beloved “Classic Yahoo Mail”.

Every now and then I would glance at Settings in “New Yahoo Mail” to see if any customization options added.

My surprise just now was seeing in “New Yahoo Mail” Settings that there was now a “Switch to old Yahoo mail” in place of what had been “Switch to basic Yahoo mail” (a subtle change to wording).

So I clicked on the “Switch to old Yahoo mail” and have been returned to my beloved “Classic Yahoo Mail” as it had been just prior to “New Yahoo Mail”.

If anyone is using “New Yahoo Mail” and wishing they had the old “Classic Yahoo Mail” back, check in Settings (click the 3 dots to access Settings in New Yahoo Mail”).

Not sure if my reversion is temporary and whether I may be forced back to “New Yahoo Mail”, but the subtle change in Settings has made me pretty happy for now.

As a side note, now that I am back in old “Classic Yahoo Mail”, the Settings in old “Classic Yahoo Mail” is showing an option to switch to basic mail reinforcing to me that basic mail was never the same as classic mail.

I am pretty sure most feedback on “New Yahoo Mail” had been negative so maybe Yahoo  finally gave a “go back” option. Who knows?

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WSraysig, Cybertooth

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As of today I also had the option to return to old Yahoo mail. Working OK so far.

 

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satrow, castiel

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FWIW – from posts I see on Reddit, it appears that the “switch to old Yahoo mail” was added to Settings of “New Yahoo Mail” roughly 3 weeks ago replacing “switch to basic mail”.

I really hope it sticks – would hate to lose old Classic Yahoo mail again now that we have it back.

Not sure what to make of how the option to switch back was silently snuck in without fanfare. But still, is the best move Yahoo could have made by far for long time Yahoo mail users. I hated every moment of their “New Yahoo Mail”.

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WSraysig, Cybertooth

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User feedback does works – sometimes! 

cheers, Paul

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satrow

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Paul T wrote:

User feedback does works – sometimes! 

cheers, Paul

That was my gut feeling after my episode bouncing through different viewports en route to to regaining ‘my’ Yahoo mail, it felt like they’d slipped me into a different classification, maybe called ‘No Fluff’, after making them aware of how I’d felt when they tried to corral me inside some developers dream of ‘a brilliant idea’.

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satrow wrote:

some developers dream of ‘a brilliant idea’

Very nice!

cheers, Paul

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