Yahoo! Mail Tutorials

Using Filters to Sort Incoming Mail

Creating Filters Changing Filter Order Filtering and Mobile Alerts Editing and Deleting Filters Additional Tips

Editing and Deleting Filters

In addition to creating new filters and modifying the order in which your filters are applied, you can edit and delete the existing filters.

 

Here’s How

  1. Go to your Yahoo! Mail Filters page. (Remind me how.)

  2. To edit a filter, select it from the filters list, then click the Edit button.

    Click the Edit button to edit the selected filter.

    The Edit Message Filter page appears, displaying the current definition for the filter.

    Viewing the current definition of the selected filter

  3. Make changes to any parts of the filter (name, conditions, destination folder), then click the Save Changes button.

    The revised filter definition appears on the Mail Filters page when you select the filter in the filters list.

    The revised filter definition appears on the Mail Filters page.

  4. To delete a filter, select it from the filters list, then click the Delete button.

    Click the Delete button to delete the selected filter.

    The deleted filter is removed from the list and the total filter count decreases by one.

 

What’s Next

You can use filters more effectively if you follow a few tips.

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Words to Know

  • Filter: a rule that Yahoo! Mail uses to direct an incoming message to a particular folder.
  • Folder: a container that holds individual elements specific to the context; for example, email messages in Yahoo! Mail.