Step-by-Step Guide to Delete a Folder in Yahoo Mail

Most major email service providers like Gmail, Yahoo, etc. They offer the possibility of creating folders. Folders allow you to manage your email account and keep your emails separate from each other. Every day you receive numerous emails, some of which are not that important. So you can easily transfer the important ones to a separate folder and check the folder every time you need emails.

Another scenario is when you no longer need the emails in a particular folder. In that case, you can simply delete that Yahoo Mail folder. If you don’t know how to do that, I’ll show you how to delete a folder in Yahoo mail.

Before we start with the removal part, let’s see how you can create a folder in Yahoo first.

Create a folder in Yahoo Mail

  1. First, you need to sign in to your Yahoo email account and once you’re in, click on the ‘Mail’ icon in the top right corner.

  1. On the next page, click on the ‘New Folder’ option located at the bottom of the left column.

Click on New Folder

  1. Then in the provided text field enter your folder name, for example here I am creating a folder namely Works where I can save all my work related emails, after entering the name click on the blue ‘Arrow’ or press ‘Enter’ on the keyboard.

add folder name

  1. That’s it and your new Yahoo folder is created.

create a folder

Delete a folder in Yahoo Mail

See the steps to remove the folder from your Yahoo Mail account:

  1. Click the ‘Mail’ icon in the upper right corner after logging into your Yahoo account.
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click on the yahoo mail icon

  1. In the left column, scroll down and you will see all the folders you have created; click the one you want to delete. Here I clicked on the one I want to delete i.e. jobs.

select a folder

  1. You will see all the emails that the folder has; you must delete them all before you can delete the folder. You can’t delete a Yahoo folder without deleting the email. So, select all the emails in the folder and click ‘Delete’.

select all emails or click delete

  1. Now click on the folder arrow button and you will see several options, click on the one that says ‘Delete Folder’.

delete folder

  1. This has successfully deleted your Yahoo folder.

the folder has been deleted

Delete a folder in the basic version of Yahoo Mail

If you’re still using the basic version, here’s how to delete a folder in it, make sure you transfer all important messages from the folder you’re about to delete.

  1. Go to the ‘My Folders’ section in the left column and select the one you want to delete.
  2. Click ‘Edit’ next to ‘My Folders’.
  3. In the ‘My Folders’ section, click ‘Delete’ next to the folder name.
  4. Press ‘OK’ to confirm

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