Customizing Yahoo! Mail

Making the Most of Your Home Tab Changing the Page Color Changing Your Personal Information Additional Personalization Options Other Ways to Customize Mail

Making the Most of Your Yahoo! Mail Home Tab

The Yahoo! Mail Home tab is your personal Yahoo! Mail page. Make yours unique by:

Cursor and red dot  To learn more about the Home tab, hold the cursor over a red dot in the picture below.

Your Yahoo! Mail Home tabEnlarge Access your Inbox. Check the weather anywhere in the world. Access news and events. Find out more about Mail features. Track the events in your calendar. Access your Inbox. Check the weather anywhere in the world. Access news and events. Find out more about Mail features. Track the events in your calendar.

 

Here’s How

To access your Inbox:

There are several ways to access your Inbox when the Home tab is displayed.

  • Click the Inbox link on your Home tab.

    Click the Inbox link on your Home tab.

  • Click the Inbox tab.

    Click the Inbox tab

  • Select the Inbox folder in the list of folders on the left side of the window.

    Select the Inbox folder from the folder list.

 

To check the weather:

  1. On the right side of the Home tab banner, click the currently displayed city.

    Click the currently displayed city.

    A small window appears where you can type a new city.

  2. Type a city and its location in the box, then click the Go button.

    Type a city, then click the Go button.

 

To view your favorite top news stories:

  1. To read a news story, click on the headline of the story in the left-hand panel of the Home tab.

    Click the headline of a news story.

    A new browser window opens displaying the story.

    To return to Yahoo! Mail, click the browser window that displays your Home page.

  2. To change the category of news headlines, click a tab at the top of the left-hand panel of the Home page.

    Yahoo! Mail updates your Home tab with your selected news category.

    Your selected news category

    Your Home tab displays this category until you change it.

 

To use the Calendar Bar:

  1. Track upcoming events on your Yahoo! Calendar by reading the Calendar Bar, which spans the bottom of the Home tab.

    Calendar BarEnlarge

  2. Click the right arrow to view later events on your Yahoo! Calendar. Click the left arrow to view earlier events.

 

To set the page you see when you launch Yahoo! Mail:

Mail Plus icon This is a Yahoo! Mail Plus feature. Learn more about Yahoo! Mail Plus here.

  1. In a browser, go to your Yahoo! Mail page.

  2. Select Mail Options from the Options menu.

    Select Mail Options from the Options menu.

    The General options page appears.

  3. To view the Home tab immediately upon logging in to Yahoo! Mail, click the Show me the Home Tab button.

    Click the Show me the Home Tab button.

    Note: You’ll only see this option if you have Yahoo! Mail Plus.

  4. To view your Inbox immediately upon logging in to Yahoo! Mail, click the Show me my Inbox radio button.

  5. Click the Save Changes button to save your settings.

    Click the Save Changes button.

  6. You can also view your Home tab at any time by clicking the Home tab at the top of your Mail window.

    Home tab

 

What’s Next

You can change the overall color scheme of your Yahoo! Mail page.

Help Topics


Was this tutorial helpful?   Yes   No

Tell us what you liked or didn't like about this tutorial

 

Words to Know

  • Yahoo! Mail Plus: a fee-based, advertisement-free version of Yahoo! Mail that provides additional online protection features and control.