Move deleted emails from Trash to the Inbox
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Restore your deleted emails from Trash folder without worrying you have lost them for good. Trash folder works as a temporary back up if you changed your mind after deleting an email, but after 7 days in the Trash folder, those emails will be deleted, so all you need to do, is to move the emails from Trash back to Inbox folder within the 7-day limit.
Move emails on New Yahoo Mail for desktop
- From your inbox, click the More options icon
| select Trash
.
- Select the message you want to restore.
- Click the Restore to Inbox icon
.
Note: New Yahoo Mail is not yet available in all regions. If the steps above don't reflect what you see in your Yahoo Mail account, try the steps for classic Yahoo Mail for desktop.
Move emails on classic Yahoo Mail for desktop
- From your inbox, click Trash.
- Select the message you want to restore.
- Click the Move icon
| select Inbox.
Move emails on the Yahoo Mail app
- Tap your profile icon.
- Swipe down and tap the Trash folder.
- Select the email you want to restore.
- Tap the Move icon
.
- Select Inbox.