How to Get Rid of Spam on Yahoo! Mail

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Yahoo! Mail has a good spam filter, and it is usually able to separate the spam mail from your regular mail and store it inside the Spam folder. However, there may still be instances when you get spam mail in your Inbox. You can help Yahoo Mail improve its spam filter by reporting spam mail to them.

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Using a Computer

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    Visit Yahoo Mail from any web browser. On the login screen, enter your Yahoo ID, or username, and password in the fields provided then click the “Sign In” button to access your Yahoo Mail account.
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    By default, once you log in, you will be taken to your Inbox folder. If for some reason you were taken to a different folder, click on the Inbox folder from the list of folders on the left panel. Your Inbox will load with all the emails on the right panel.
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    Go through your emails and tick on the ones you believe are spam. The checkboxes are located to the left of the email.
    • If you aren't sure if something is spam, check the sender's email and see if it looks legit or not. For instance, an alert from Apple should come from support@apple.com.
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    Click on the “Spam” button on the header toolbar to report these selected emails as spam. These emails will be removed from your Inbox folder and moved to the Spam folder.
    • All similar emails in the future will also be flagged by Yahoo Mail as spam and will be directly placed into the Spam folder.
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    Hover over the Spam folder from the list of folders on the left panel, and a trash bin icon will appear beside it. Click on this. All the emails inside the Spam folder will be permanently deleted.
    • Do this regularly to get rid of spam.
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Using the Mobile App

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    Locate the app on your mobile device and tap on it. Enter your Yahoo ID, or username, and password on the fields, and then tap “Sign in.”
    • Note that you won’t be asked to sign in if you did not log out of your previous Yahoo Mail session.
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    By default, once you log in, you will be taken to your Inbox folder. If for some reason you were taken to a different folder, tap on the three horizontal bars on the upper left corner and the list of folders will slide out from the left. Tap on “Inbox” to select it, and your Inbox will load with all the emails displayed.
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    Each of the emails has a checkbox to the left of it. Tap on a spam email’s checkbox to tick and select it. You can select multiple spam emails at once.
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    Tap on the shield with an “X” icon on the bottom taskbar to flag the emails as spam. A confirmation window will pop-up; tap “Move to Spam.” The selected emails will be removed from your Inbox folder and moved to the Spam folder.
    • All similar emails in the future will also be flagged by Yahoo Mail as spam and will be directly placed into the Spam folder.
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    Tap on the three horizontal bars on the upper left corner and the list of folders will slide out from the left. The Spam folder will appear with a trash bin icon beside it. Tap on this trash bin icon, and all the emails inside the Spam folder will be permanently deleted.
    • Do this regularly to get rid of spam that may accumulate in your inbox.
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    How do you know if something is spam?
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    Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.
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    Check your official account to see if something's wrong rather than assuming an email is legit. Let's say you get an email saying that your Netflix account is going to be shut down. You could log onto your Netflix account directly and see if there's any information about your account being in danger. If you don't notice anything on your official Netflix account page, it's safe to assume that the email is spam.
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    I have accidentally marked a good email address as spam. How do I undo it?
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    Go to your Junk folder, find the message, and unmark it as spam.
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    My spam emails are from Yahoo itself. It sells our email address and allows one spam an hour. How do I stop these?
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    The best way to stop getting spam emails directly from Yahoo is to stop using Yahoo as your email. Create a new email using another, more reliable service. If you can't, or refuse to, try calling or emailing the Yahoo company to complain.
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