Block and unblock email addresses in Yahoo Mail
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Save time while browsing through your mailbox by clearing out the unwanted email. Yahoo Mail lets you anonymously add up to 1000 email address to your blocked list, or remove them if you change your mind.
Block email addresses
- Click the Settings icon
| click More Settings 
. - Click Security and Privacy.
- Under "Blocked addresses", click the Add button.
- Enter the email address you want to block.
- Click Save.
Unblock email addresses
- Click the Settings icon | click More Settings .
- Click Security and Privacy.
- Mouse over an email address and?click the Delete icon
.