Customize your inbox theme, font size and layout in Yahoo Mail

Choose a theme that reflects your mood or simply opt for a color that matches your eyes, change your message layout, enable the message preview pane and select appropriate inbox spacing and font size to customize your Inbox and create the perfect email experience.

Inbox Color and Design Themes

Decide on a color scheme and choose how it's applied to your Inbox.

  1. Click the Settings Icon Image of the Settings icon..
  2. Select a colored circle to change your theme.
  3. Select an option to customize where your theme appears:
    • Light (top margin)
    • Medium (top margin and side margins)
    • Dark (entire page)

Message layout and Inbox Spacing

Read your emails and view your unopened messages in your Inbox at the same time.

  1. Click the Settings Icon Image of the Settings icon..
  2. Under "Message Layout", select one of the following options:
    • List (no preview pane)
    • Right (show message in a preview pane on the right)
    • Bottom (show message in a preview pane on the bottom)
  3. Under "Inbox Spacing", select one of the following options:
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large