How to Recover Permanently Deleted Emails From Yahoo Mail?

Keeping your Yahoo inbox neat and organized is no easy task. In the process, I even lost some of my important emails which I deleted, considering them unimportant. Has this happened to you?

We all have the habit of deleting emails that are not useful to us; however, it can be scary when you accidentally delete an email that was important to you. But there is no need to worry if you are a Yahoo user. Yahoo offers an easy way to recover permanently deleted emails. In this article, I will walk you through all the possible ways that Yahoo offers to recover deleted emails, either temporarily or permanently.

Solutions to Recover or Restore Permanently Deleted Yahoo Email

Solution 1 – Recover Deleted Yahoo Emails from Trash

The ‘Trash’ folder could be a lifesaver for you, if you are in a situation like mine. All deleted emails from Yahoo go to your “Deleted Items” folder first, but they won’t stay there forever.

“Note- Emails in Yahoo’s spam folder are automatically deleted forever after 7 days; so you have to be very quick to retrieve them.“

Here are the steps you need to follow to recover deleted Yahoo emails that are still in the junk folder:

1. Sign in to your Yahoo account with your username and password.
2. When you log in, go to the ‘Mail’ section

3. Then in the left menu you will see several options, click on ‘Deleted Items’.

4. On the right hand side, you will see all the emails you have deleted in the last 7 days. Check the box you want to recover from or return to your inbox. In the top menu you will see the option ‘Back to Inbox’, click on it.

5. This will restore all selected deleted emails to your Yahoo account inbox.

Solution 2 – Check the archive folder

It is also possible that instead of permanently deleting your email messages, you have mistakenly moved them to the “Archive” folder. So before coming to a final conclusion, you should look at your Yahoo account archive folder to recover deleted emails:

1. You need to sign in to your Yahoo account for this.
2. Click on the ‘Mail’ icon in the upper right corner.
3. Then, in the menu on the left, you will see several options, click on ‘Archive’.

4. Look for deleted emails in the Archive folder, if you found the email you were looking for just check the box next to it and click ‘Restore to Inbox’.

Solution 3 – Check your spam folder

The next thing to do is to check your spam folder because you may have unknowingly moved the email to your spam folder; The ‘Spam’ button is next to the ‘Delete’ button in your Yahoo account, so to make sure the email isn’t in your spam folder, follow the steps below:

1. Once you have logged into your Yahoo account, click on the ‘Mail’ icon located in the top right corner of the screen.
2. Then, in the menu on the left, you will see several options, click on ‘Spam’.

3. Look for deleted emails in your spam folder, if you see the email you were looking for just check the box next to it and click ‘Back to Inbox’.

Note: emails in the Spam folder are automatically deleted after 30 days; so make sure you are fast enough to recover your lost email.

Solution 4 – Submit a request to Yahoo to recover deleted emails

If none of the above methods worked for you, there is one last solution that you can try. You can send a request to Yahoo to recover email that you accidentally deleted or lost in the last few days. This may or may not work depending on when you deleted your email.

1. Sign in to your Yahoo account
2. Then go to this link in a new tab: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/recover-lost-deleted-emails-sln2552.html; click the “Submit a Refund Request” button.

3. On the next page, you will first need to describe your problem, and then mention the times you last saw the missing messages; then enter your Yahoo ID and then enter the ID that Yahoo can use to contact you. Once you have finished entering all the information, click ‘Create Application’.

4. You will then receive an email from Yahoo informing you that your request has been submitted and it may take up to 8 hours for deleted messages to be restored. So wait 8 hours and if you still haven’t received your email, you can check all your Yahoo Mail account folders. Also check your spam folder as the email may have ended up there.

So, this is how you can easily recover permanently deleted emails from Yahoo.

Frequently asked questions

Q1. Can you recover a deleted Yahoo email from years ago?

A1. No, you cannot recover yahoo emails deleted years ago, as Yahoo only gives you the option to recover emails that have been deleted in the last 7 days.

Q2. How long does Yahoo keep deleted emails?

A2. Yahoo only keeps deleted emails for 1 week; within that week, you can either recover the email from the ‘Trash’ folder or send a recovery request to Yahoo.

Q3. Why are emails disappearing from my Yahoo Inbox?

Emails can disappear from your Yahoo Inbox for a number of reasons, such as:

• The emails went to the wrong folder.
• Incorrect settings have caused emails to be deleted
• You accidentally deleted an email.
• The emails have disappeared due to a virus or malware attack.

Q4. Where have deleted emails from Yahoo gone?

A4. Email that you delete from your Yahoo account stays in the trash for 7 days; if more than 7 days have passed, the emails may have been deleted forever and will be saved on the server; after that it will be permanently deleted.

Q5. How long does it take to recover a deleted Yahoo email?

TO 5. If you are recovering deleted emails from ‘Trash’ folder, then it is just a matter of minutes. You just need to select the email from the ‘Trash’ folder and then click ‘Restore to Inbox’.

If you have submitted a request to Yahoo to recover deleted email, the process may take up to 24 hours or more to complete.

Also Read – Reset Yahoo Account Password.

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Source: HIS Education