Use filters to organize Yahoo Mail
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Save time organizing your incoming emails in Yahoo Mail with up to 500 filters that will automatically sort new emails to a folder or trash.
Filters are prioritized from top down and if 2 filters are applied to the same email, the top filter will be used.
To change the position of a filter, select the filter you want and then click the up or
down arrow at the top of the filters.
Create filters
- Click the Settings icon
| select More Settings
.
- Click Filters.
- Click Add new filters.
- Enter the filter name, set the filter rules, and choose or create a folder for the emails.
- Click Save at the bottom.
Edit filters
- Click the Settings icon
| select More Settings
.
- Click Filters.
- Click the filter you want to edit.
- Edit the filter name, rules, or folder.
- Click Save at the bottom.
Delete filters
- Click the Settings icon
| select More settings
.
- Click Filters.
- Select the filter you want to delete.
- ?Click the Delete icon
.