Overview of the new Yahoo! Mail design

Yahoo! Mail has an updated design, but you’ll find that most of the buttons, toolbars, and other features are located in the same places – just with a new look. To help you get started, below is an overview of what has changed.

• Retirement of the "What's New" page: Now when you sign in, you go directly to your inbox. We have removed the "What's New" page.
• Accessing the Options menu: Click the gear icon () in the upper-right corner of the page, and a pull-down menu appears. Select "Mail Options," "Messenger Options," "Themes," or one of several other options.
• Composing a message: 
  • The Compose button: Click “Compose” in the upper-left corner, below the inbox tab, to open a new email message.
  • The Reply, Reply All, and Forward buttons: The arrow buttons above an open message allow you to reply to, reply all to, or forward a message.  
    

    

  • The updated Formatting toolbar: The formatting toolbar has a new look, but the same options are available.  Also, emoticons are now part of the formatting toolbar. To switch to plain text, click the double arrows at the far right. 
     
    

    

  • The Attach File button: The new attach file button is a paperclip icon, located just below the email's subject line on the left. To attach a file, click the paperclip icon, then select a file to upload. If you are attaching large files, use the "Share from Dropbox" option, which appears when you click the down arrow to the right of the paper clip icon.
• Managing your inbox:
  
  • Sorting your messages: Click the new SORT BY DATE button in the upper-left corner of the inbox (or other folders). Select a different option from the pull-down menu to reorder the way messages are listed; the options are Sender, Subject, Date, Unread, Attachments, and Starred.  
    

    

  • Changing your inbox display:  The new Actions menu allows you to adjust the way your inbox displays. 
    

    

  • Change the spacing between messages in your inbox (New!): Also in the Actions menu, you can select one of three views: “Slim” (less space between messages), "Regular" (more space between messages -- the default) or "Relaxed" (the most space between messages).

• Checking for new mail: Hover the cursor over "Inbox" in the upper left corner of the page, and click the refresh arrow that appears.

  

• Emptying the trash: Hover the cursor over the Trash folder in order to see the trash can icon. Click the trash can to empty your trash. (Note: the trash can icon does not appear if the Trash folder is already empty.)

  

For more information, view our video quick tour of the new Mail:

We invite you to share your thoughts on the updated design; please visit our feedback page to send comments directly to the Yahoo! Mail product team.