Switching back to Classic – Updated post!
October 16th, 2008 Filed in: All-New Mail,Hints & Tips 72 comments
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Loading ...If you still prefer to use the Classic version of Yahoo!7 Mail, you can easily switch back to that version at anytime.
In order to do that you have to be logged into mail, then you should just click the “Options” link and then select “Mail Classic”:
You will be prompted with the pop-up window shown below where you should click the button “Switch to Yahoo!7 Mail Classic”:
And that’s it – you are now back in Classic Mail.
If you didn’t like the all-new version why not let us know why.
Happy emailing,
Tasla – Yahoo!7 Mail Team
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72 Comments Add your own
1. Jan Ford&hellip | October 30th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
I signed up to new email but my contacts have not been transferred!
I try to swtch to classic but it doesn’t work!
I am not happy!
2. Cassie&hellip | December 20th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I can’t get any mail page to load, so swithing back is impossible, it should be an option on the sign-in page as to which mail you use.
3. monika&hellip | December 24th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I can’t get any mail page to load, so swithing back is impossible, it should be an option on the sign-in page as to which mail you use.
I try to swtch to classic but it doesn’t work!
4. shamariahmays&hellip | January 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
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5. sandra&hellip | March 7th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I can sign in to my Yahoo!7 account but once there I cannot reply, forward, create new email or switch to the Yahoo Classic. I can only read emails and deleted them. I have emailed the customer service and only got an automatic email about managing the sign in. Please help!
6. paula a&hellip | March 16th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I dont have the option displayed to click back to classic mail on my screen so HOW DO I GO BACK TO CLASSIC MAIL.
please advise
7. meeawth&hellip | March 18th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
can i go back to yahoo mail..not yahoo mail classic again..
8. Jeannine&hellip | March 21st, 2009 at 12:05 am
This is an outrageous event in Email HISTORY why would you have a product that is GREAT!and then change it? Get so many complaints to change it back to it’s orginal format, then to find out it’s completely deleted or impossible to change back. I guess I’ll have to delete my account with YAHOO, because it won’t allow me to choose which format I feel most comfortable using for my e-mail account This is sad!!!!
9. laughsalot&hellip | March 31st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I am a “Newby” but I have NEVER had SO MUCH TROUBLE accessing mail before.You have the BEST mail service I have seen yet. “My Page” has Never looked so good- but- WHY is it SO HARD to access mail?
10. Daniela&hellip | April 24th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I can’t reply to or forward emails. Nor can I switch back to classic view!
It seems to me that yahoo doesn’t get along with the Mac world very well. I no longer have a PC in my home and my patience with yahoo is quickly disappearing. In the past I could switch back to classic view and my email would work fine with Safari, now i can’t even do that… the only time I can access my mail without frustration is from my work PC… a real inconvenience if I’m at home (holidays, weekends and evenings are out)!
Unless something happens quickly, its time I give this once loved mail program the flick.
11. Donna Ruecroft&hellip | May 10th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Such a relief to hear that I am not the only one! I have gone to great lengths to remedy this problem. Was given the impression that my computer was the problem. Glad to have read the above before throwing anymore time or money at it. How frustrating! No option but to give yahoo the flick! They have not been helpful at all.
12. maria&hellip | May 18th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I’m finding the new email yahoo7 a touch confusing I would prefer the classical method.
regards Maria
13. Linda Grigg&hellip | May 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Ditto to all the above. I am so fed up with not being able to access the classic view. The new version is just a constant frustration and will have to change to another email account if it can’t be fixed.
14. Lee&hellip | May 26th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Yahoo mail change as of Memorial Day Weekend will NOT reply, which I NEED, nor will it allow me to SEND an email, which I NEED.
What’s going on. The pull down menus DO NOT pull down.
Lee
15. Kim&hellip | June 25th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Me too! I just had a look at New Mail out of interest and cannot send or reply to an email. Nor can I go back to Classic Mail. I click and nothing happens!
I run a business – I NEED email! HELP!
Kim
16. Lionel&hellip | June 26th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
What a bloody shamozzle. This is the 2nd time you have tried to improve something that did not need improving and so we have again one big stuff up. For goodness sake return it to the way it was and leave it there. As it is now nothing works and nobody can read their mail. I am turning my friends off using Yahoo because you never had it right nor will you ever. Remeber if it ain’t broke – then don’t fix it
17. Kim&hellip | July 1st, 2009 at 8:52 am
Yahoo please help me.
Problems I had with the new mailbox were rectified, however suddenly nothing is working again. This is very frustrating!
Kim
18. I Don’t like the ne&hellip | July 8th, 2009 at 11:04 am
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19. joshua&hellip | August 28th, 2009 at 4:01 am
ive had this email butnow i can get in but wont let me chaech them
20. Katie&hellip | September 9th, 2009 at 6:37 am
That’s great but it doesn’t STAY switched – Yahoo! used to have an option at the top of the new page to seitch back to the classic Yahoo home page, but that has apparently been removed. Why can’t Yahoo stop messing with a great product. Well, it WAS great – now it stinks. I’ve given my feedback – are they listening??
21. subagia arta&hellip | September 28th, 2009 at 3:29 am
i would prefered yahoo mail classic
22. joy teague&hellip | September 29th, 2009 at 1:46 am
i would like to be back on classic mail. i am a senior and dont know how to do a lot of things
23. I don't like the new yaho&hellip | October 4th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I just want my classic back
24. shamim zahan&hellip | October 9th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
i want to my yahoo web page yahoo mail classic
25. e&hellip | October 12th, 2009 at 5:03 am
This stinks I hate not being able to get back to mail classic
26. JAMIE GRAHAM&hellip | October 12th, 2009 at 6:49 am
i never have wanted the new yahoo mail
i just want my yahoo mail classic back
to stay for good i dont even have a cell phone or
a mobile phone
27. Marsha Bergman&hellip | October 13th, 2009 at 12:41 am
I want back my classic yahoo. The new one has to much junkon it. You should be able to switch back, please let well enough alone.
28. Yahoo!7 Mail Team&hellip | October 13th, 2009 at 10:40 am
If you guys check out Sabrina’s instructions above, you will be able to get back to Classic Mail if you are currently in the All-New Mail
29. Sadie&hellip | October 15th, 2009 at 1:31 am
hey can someone help me? i want to go back to classic mail but this so called new yahoo says i can switch back to classic any time i want just simply hit the option button at the top of my yahoo page, well i can’t find that option anywheres on my page. i cannot read any of my emails or anything with this new page it is so aggervating. everytime i try to log in it shows me this message Oops! mail cannot load so if someone can tell me how to get back to classic yahoo i would truely appreciate the help Thank you.
30. Yahoo!7 Mail Team&hellip | October 15th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Hi there Sadie (and everyone else)!
If you are still having issues trying to switch back to Classic Mail, please check out this post for an alternative way to get back!
I have also edited this blog entry to include a link back to them as well.
Happy Emailing,
Kate – Yahoo!7 Mail Team
31. Patricia Monaghan&hellip | October 19th, 2009 at 8:11 am
The new Yahoo stinks i can’t get any mail i am on dial-up and it’s slow enough without all this messing around,i’ve been a customer for 10 years and i hate it now,please go back to as it use to be.
“If it’s not broken don’t fix it” but it sure is broken now.
32. Switch back to Classic Ma&hellip | October 20th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
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33. Thelma Mitchell&hellip | October 24th, 2009 at 5:59 am
I DO NOT like the new Yahoo. If I cannot have the classic I will definitely go to another homepage!
34. Inga&hellip | November 7th, 2009 at 11:39 am
I just hate, hate and hate new version of yahoo. Yahoo Classic was simple and quick, and eye catching. New version has got a lot of crap on it and does not look even attractive. All the time I was able to switch to Classic Yahoo, when I opened web.
Today I opened yahoo, and “Switch to Classic Yahoo” at the end of right side of web page was not there anymore. I think yahoo should give people a choice and should not decide for them what version to use, and should not remove option to switch to Classic Yahoo.
Some people may be fine with new version, but some prefer classic version. But it seems that yahoo developers have decided for everyone in ahead. They think that everyone should like the new version of yahoo. But as it proves it is not a case. But do they actually even read people comments, do they really care about people opinions?
35. Robert Dunbar&hellip | November 12th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
want to witch back to Yahoo Mail Classic
36. Robert Dunbar&hellip | November 12th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
want to witch back to Yahoo Mail Classic
37. Kevin&hellip | November 14th, 2009 at 4:07 am
I like the yahoo classic home page I want to switch back are I will switch to “GOOGLE”
38. bill&hellip | November 20th, 2009 at 10:00 am
i agree with kevin. if i can`t have yahoo classic home page i will switch to GOOGLE
39. Denis Knott&hellip | December 4th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I am concerned that I have been switched to the new Mail with out my knowledge, It would seem that someone is determind to decide what is best for me. If this is not stopped I shall be forced to consider changing my provider.
40. Mark G.&hellip | December 10th, 2009 at 8:03 am
I wish you folks at Yahoo would stop messing with something that works great then try to force everyone to use it, which is SUPPOSED to be new and improved, but isn’t!
The Classic email was great. Put your developers to work on things that need fixing …. NOT keep changing things just for the sake of changing things!
41. noel&hellip | December 14th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
want to witch back to Yahoo Mail Classic
42. hasti&hellip | December 24th, 2009 at 5:56 am
hi..i have no buttoms for click on mail classic to get back.how it is possible to make it back?
thanks
43. hasti&hellip | December 24th, 2009 at 6:04 am
08 pm
I dont have the option displayed to click back to classic mail on my screen so HOW DO I GO BACK TO CLASSIC MAIL.
please advise
44. Rich F&hellip | December 28th, 2009 at 6:39 am
Hey Yahoo Mail ive seen so many people who want to get back to Yahoo Mail Clasic but you people don’t seem to be listening to any of us . I think who ever it was on the mail team that changed this should be fired pronto Quick . Like the man said if it aint broken then dont fix it . Whats it going to take for you people to listen to your coustomers ??????
45. fazalrahman&hellip | January 2nd, 2010 at 5:26 pm
i want to back to return to my yahoomail classic
46. fazalrahman&hellip | January 2nd, 2010 at 5:33 pm
go back to yahoomail classic
47. Tom Collins&hellip | January 4th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Too many pop-ups!
I now have to Sign In EVERY TIME I want to read my Yahoo Mail !!
Oh, for the “Old Pages” !!!
If it works – leave it alone !!
48. leo gali&hellip | January 20th, 2010 at 6:57 am
switch back to classic mail
49. nancy heron&hellip | January 24th, 2010 at 1:40 am
I hate the new yahoo email……….and I keep getting switched back there from yahoo classic mail.help!!!
50. Ruth Smith&hellip | January 31st, 2010 at 2:28 am
I don’t understand you people !!!!!!!!!! why can;t you leave things alone. the classic yahoo mail is alot easier to see, there is too much junk on the other, if I want to see advertisement i can see that on the TV
51. Nancy L. Pickering&hellip | February 4th, 2010 at 1:06 am
i DON’T LIKE THE NEW VERISON ITS HARD TO READ.
i want the old classic
52. Oliver Davidson&hellip | February 16th, 2010 at 3:29 am
I had to switch from my classic yahoo and now i have been switched to another new web page of which i do not like.I like the way i had set up my page.The new one is not as user friendly as my old one.If iam not able to switch from this new one i’ll have to go to another web service.I know yahoo may not worry but ill tell all my friends in my account why i changed and ask them to do the same.
53. Famous Prince&hellip | February 16th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Yahoo all new mail is too slow and sometimes it doesn’t load at all
54. caridad&hellip | February 18th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
switch my mails to classic please
55. josephus&hellip | February 20th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
i want to go baxk to yahoo classic, how should i do that.
56. sandra schmelzer&hellip | March 14th, 2010 at 11:14 am
I want my classic yahoo page and mail back. do not like the new version, we should w\be allow to choose with yahoo we prefer.
57. Diane Merrick&hellip | March 17th, 2010 at 8:26 am
I would like Yahoo classic back there is no tab to switch You took it away. I am thinking of switching to another carrier. This stinks
58. Debbie&hellip | April 1st, 2010 at 12:37 am
I just paid $19.99 for the new mail. doesn’t work at all, can not send mesages.. switched back to Classic, took a while, just let me keep Classic Yahoo mail
59. Judy Green&hellip | April 8th, 2010 at 6:15 am
No matter how many times you try to force me to use the new Yahoo email by arbitrarily switching me over, you can’t make me like it.
I DO NOT LIKE IT……Please DO NOT swicth me again……I really don’t want to go elsewhere.
PLease…
Thank you,
JG
60. bagelluvr&hellip | April 27th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
How do you switch back to classic email on a blackberry?
61. Louise Lewis&hellip | April 28th, 2010 at 1:52 am
i hate the new mail. I NEVER WANTED IT! I ONLY WANTED MY CLASSIC EMAIL!
62. des carey&hellip | April 29th, 2010 at 1:52 am
I just want my old yahoo classic mail again…Des
63. darryl&hellip | April 29th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
i cannot open any attachments, reply or forward any e mails. ive tried switching back to classic view but cannot open the options link.
64. Yahoo!7 Mail Team&hellip | May 5th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Hello everyone,
Please check the updated instructions on how to switch back to Classic if that’s your preferred version of Yahoo!7 Mail.
Happy emailing!
Tasla – Yahoo!7 Mail team
65. karen&hellip | May 15th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Still can not get back to classic! Even with the updated instructions.
Click to read incoming mail and all it does is load..
please fix this issue.
I hate the new yahoo mail.
Thanks
66. Karen&hellip | May 22nd, 2010 at 12:42 am
I am using yahoo mail for business and am fed up because you have changed it and it doesn’t work. I can’t get the options popup to come up above the advert so can’t move back to Classic. The new display means all the selection buttons look crossed out and have no colour – what have you done to it all! Please sort ASAP or I will have to move to a different mail system!
67. Marie gilbert&hellip | August 28th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I have tried repeatedly to get yahoo classic mail on my iPad. Very frustrated with yahoo. Please help.
68. Yahoo!7 Mail Team&hellip | September 1st, 2010 at 11:56 am
@ Marie – Hello Marie, you cannot run Classic Mail on the iPad. Have you read our recent post about how to get Yahoo! Mail on the iPad? It’s here: http://www.ymailau.com/blog/2010/08/20/yahoo-mail-for-the-ipad/
This version of Yahoo! Mail for the iPad was built in HTML5, which is the same technology used in the mobile versions of Mail for the iPhone and Andoid phones. I am sorry to hear you didn’t like it and unfortunatelly, you won’t be able to get Classic on your iPad.
Tasla – Yahoo!7 Mail team
69. Kathy B&hellip | February 28th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
same deal – tried to switch back to mail clasic but kept getting switched back!!!
70. d&hellip | March 1st, 2011 at 3:16 am
For gods sake!!! I was trying to open another yahoo account in another window and ended up changing my first accounts style. I’ve tried changing to Yahoo mail classic in the options but it just stays with this horrible one. I’;m starting to think that tyhis is what people consider to be the classic when in fact mine was an even earlier version. It’s doing my head in. I didn’t ask it to do that SO WHY DO IT?!?!? Just typical of internet companies – A la Google. All I want is my old yahoo email page back exactly how it was. Why should that be such a problem? There’s loads of new stuff on there I simply don’t need or want.
71. d&hellip | March 1st, 2011 at 3:18 am
It used to have the panes laid as as tabs with notepad at the end. Does it even have that option now?
72. dave&hellip | March 1st, 2011 at 8:36 am
i wanna go back to classic
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