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Title: New Yahoo Mail -how to get rid of it! ****COMPLETED *********
Post by: eadaoin on Sunday 01 April 18 11:07 BST (UK)
The new version of Yahoo mail is driving me round-the -bend! . . mainly in composing emails - it "knows" that I want double spacing etc etc. I loathe it!
I'm reduced to doing everything in Word first, and copying/pasting . . even then it messes things up a bit.

I think I must have inadvertently clicked on something, having successfully avoided it for months.

How can I get my old email back?

-I eventually found the "settings" button hiding with the adverts on the extreme right of the toolbar.
-I clicked on it and got a menu, which included "switch back to classic mail"
-I clicked on that and got a pop-up window which allowed me -
 . . . 1) to say why I wanted to revert .. I told them!
 . . . 2) to click on "switch back to classic mail" I clicked on this

no change! the button in red above didn't seem to be clickable.

has anyone any bright ideas?

Title: Re: New Yahoo Mail -how to get rid of it!
Post by: carol8353 on Sunday 01 April 18 11:16 BST (UK)
I hate it too, they changed me to it all of sudden.
I kept refusing to move to the new one,and then one time when I switched on there it was.

I'd be interested if anyone clever comes on here and knows how to switch back,although I fear this is what we're stuck with from now on  ::)

Carol
Title: Re: New Yahoo Mail -how to get rid of it!
Post by: jim1 on Sunday 01 April 18 11:32 BST (UK)
You could use another app for sending & receiving emails. I didn't like my provider(BT mail) so now use Mozilla Thunderbird. You don't need new addresses as it accesses your emails from your provider.
Title: Re: New Yahoo Mail -how to get rid of it!
Post by: bikermickau on Sunday 01 April 18 12:21 BST (UK)
Just did some testing, to return to  classic mail, select in settings "switch back to classic mail" select a reason from the menu and then type anything in the text box , you should now be able to"switch back to classic mail".
Title: Re: New Yahoo Mail -how to get rid of it!
Post by: eadaoin on Sunday 01 April 18 13:45 BST (UK)
bikermickau, you're a star!

I had clicked on a reason on try 1
I had clicked on the text-box on try 2
(didn't think of doing both!)

All working now as before - yippee
Title: Re: New Yahoo Mail -how to get rid of it! ****COMPLETED *********
Post by: carol8353 on Sunday 01 April 18 15:40 BST (UK)
Many thanks Bickermickau,it's worked for me too.

Now why didn't I think to do that  ::)

Carol
Title: Re: New Yahoo Mail -how to get rid of it! ****COMPLETED *********
Post by: Kimbrey on Sunday 01 April 18 16:10 BST (UK)
Now you are back,do you still get that irritating "try new mail" pop up ?
I have managed to resist clicking to try it !!!

How can that be stopped?

Kim