How to Delete More Than 50 Messages at a Time in Yahoo Mail

Imagine you have a large number of contacts on yahoo mail then your yahoo inbox is flooded by lots of unwanted messages. When you try to delete those messages manually then, it will take a long time, and I know you don’t want to waste your time on these little things. So there is a solution where you can easily both save your time and delete all messages at once in yahoo mail. And today, I will talk about how to delete more than 50 messages at a time in yahoo mail.

You can delete a bulk of messages at a time in Yahoo by following these steps:

• Sign in to your Ymail account.
• Go to your yahoo mail inbox and select the first message or mail.
• Now scroll down to the point where you want to delete the message. In order words, if you want to delete only 30 messages, then scroll down to that 30th position message.
  Note: If you want to delete all the messages, then scroll down to the bottom.
• Then, press and hold the “Shift” key on your keyword to select the message which you want to delete.
• Finally, click on the “Delete” button on the upper side of the mailbox.

You can delete not only 50 messages but all the messages from the Inbox in a flash. I will teach you on two different yahoos: Classic yahoo and the latest version of yahoo. So let’s start the procedure without any further delay.

How can you delete more than 50 messages at a time in Yahoo mail?

You can easily delete lots of yahoo email at a time from your Inbox. So, if you are using the classic yahoo mail (Basic Mail), then follow Method 1 and for the latest yahoo mail, follow method 2. Move on to the steps to clean your yahoo inbox.

Method 1: Delete more than 50 messages at a time in Yahoo Basic Mail (Classic Yahoo Mail)

1. Open any web browser and type mail.yahoo.com, which takes you the official page of yahoo.
2. Now, sign in with your yahoo email address and password to access your yahoo mail account.
3. Go to your yahoo mail inbox and select the first message or mail.
4. Now scroll down to the point where you want to delete the message. In order words, if you want to delete only 30 messages, then scroll down to that 30th position message.
   Note: If you want to delete all the messages, then scroll down to the bottom.
5. Now, press and hold the “Shift” key on your keyword to select the message which you want to delete.
6. Finally, click on the “Delete” button on the upper side of the mailbox.

Unfortunately, custom deletion of email by “Shift” + “click” will not work on Yahoo Basic Mail now. For now, you can just select all emails and delete using the Select button. This feature works on Latest Yahoo Mail.

Now, you can see all the messages you have selected have been deleted from the yahoo mail inbox. Pretty simple right? You don’t have to do extra unnecessary steps to delete the messages from the yahoo mail.

So, for the latest version of the yahoo mail, follow the steps down below.

Method 2: Delete more than 50 messages at a time in Latest Yahoo Mail (Default Yahoo Mail)

The latest version of yahoo has a built-in feature where you can delete all the email at once from the new Inbox. The method is so simple that you can easily do it with only one step. So how can you do that?

1. Open your browser and then type mail.yahoo.com to open your yahoo mail account.
2. After that, enter your yahoo email address and password to sign in your yahoo account.
   To delete the whole Inbox:
   
   
   1. Click on the dropdown arrow just above the inbox email list. The dropdown box will expand
   2. Select the “All” option. All the emails will be selected.
   3. If you want to exclude some emails, then just uncheck the checkbox.
   4. Now click on the “delete” option.
      To delete a custom range of Inbox;
   1. Check the Inbox message from the list from where you want to delete the email,
   2. Now scroll down to the point up to where you want to delete the Inbox. 
   3. Press “Shift” and “click” the checkbox of the last inbox message for the range of inbox messages you are deleting. The whole range of inbox messages will be selected.
   4. Now, click on the “delete” button.

Note: The deleted email will still remain on your Yahoo Mail on the Trash Section. 

If you want to recover the deleted message then:

1. Navigate to the “Trash” section via the left horizontal navigation menu.
2. Checkmark the emails you want to restore.
3. Click on “Restore to the Inbox” option.
   
   
4. Yahoo will restore your email to your Inbox.

If you want to delete the messages permanently then:

1. Navigate to the “Trash” section via the left horizontal navigation menu.
2. Checkmark the emails you want to delete permanently.
3. Click on the Delete option.
   
   
4. The alert option will appear, saying, “Are you sure you want to permanently delete conversation.“
5. Click on the “OK” button.
6. Yahoo will permanently delete your email from Yahoo Mail.

Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)

How to Delete Thousands of Yahoo Emails?

Well, the steps for deleting Thousands of Yahoo Emails is very similar to deleting more emails on Yahoo Email.

1. Go to Yahoo Mail Login Page and log in with the correct Yahoo credentials. The browser will redirect you to Yahoo Inbox Page.
2. Above the Inbox email lists, you will see a checkbox icon with the dropdown arrow, click on that dropdown. A dropdown menu will appear.
3. From the dropdown menu, “select all” option. It will select all the emails.
4. Now simply click the delete button.

How To Delete All Unread Emails in Yahoo Mail?

Just deleting unread emails can be very frustrating if you have to select an email on by one manually. But Yahoo has the option to select all unread emails at once; hence you can delete them too at bulk. Here are the steps to delete all unread emails in Yahoo Mail:

Well, the steps for deleting Thousands of Yahoo Emails is very similar to deleting more emails on Yahoo Email.

1. Go to Yahoo Mail Login Page and log in with the correct Yahoo credentials. The browser will redirect you to Yahoo Inbox Page.
2. Above the Inbox email lists, you will see a checkbox icon with the dropdown arrow, click on that dropdown. A dropdown menu will appear.
3. From the dropdown menu, select the “unread” option. It will select all the unmarked email.
   Note: Unmarked emails are those emails that haven’t been read by the user or are not marked as read.
4. Now simply click the delete button.

Note: If you are using Yahoo Mail App on your mobile device, then you cannot select an unread email only form Yahoo Mail App. Hence, you cannot delete all unread yahoo emails only at once.

How To Delete Yahoo Mail Account?

Do you feel like deleting your Ymail account permanently? Well, I am sorry to see you go. Since you have already made up your mind, here are the steps you need to follow to delete your Yahoo mail account:

1. Go to your Account’s Yahoo Account Deletion Page.
2. From the page, click the “Continue delete my account” button.
3. Enter your Email address on Confirmation Modal and click “Yes, terminate this account” button.
4. Finally, click on the “Sounds good” button.

Read more about Ymail acccount deletion on: Delete the Yahoo Mail Account – Permanently

Conclusion

Now, whenever you want to delete lots of messages from your yahoo mail, then simply follow the steps which I have explained above in this article. Whether you are using classic yahoo or the latest version of yahoo mail, just follow the steps wisely.

If you have any queries regarding this topic or other yahoo related topic, then feel free to ask or visit our website ymail.com.

Thanks for reading our article, and I hope you have found the solution to your queries.