Switch back to Classic Mail
November 1st, 2007
(32 votes, average: 4.22 out of 5)
Loading ...I love the features of the all-new Yahoo! Mail. But reading through your comments, I see a number of you prefer the classic version to the all-new version. It’s easy to switch - just do the following:
Take a look at the image above. When you’re logged into mail, just click the link to “Mail Classic” at the top of the page. Then just click the button called “Switch to Yahoo! Mail Classic”. When you switch back, you’ll be asked to send us feedback. You don’t have to, but we love to hear what you have to think.
Happy emailing!
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team
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63 Comments Add your own
1. annette ambrose | November 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Liked old email better
2. Mariana Maradjieva | November 2nd, 2007 at 7:17 am
Please,
I’d like to use the old messages better.
Let me know.
Now I have received only four of them.
Mariana
3. joan page | November 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 am
I have been looking at the new new all-new-mail, and i think it looks even better than the classic mail. it looks more colourful and do even more with it, it will be great when it is launched and i hope it won’t belong as i can’t wait to try it out.
4. Dave Tomlinson | November 2nd, 2007 at 12:49 pm
As usual with software developers you have added ‘features’ which I have separate, dedicated software to perform. You will never do the other functions as well as the specialist software does. Stick with what you do well. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
5. ann mitchell | November 4th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
since leaving classic mail i have been unable to download inbox or outbox. Why?
6. Mervyn Bishop | November 5th, 2007 at 9:53 am
I have a Mac and use the postage stamp widget. It does not change to red to indicate new messages when i use the new E- mail.
Please help.
7. Patricia | November 5th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Stop trying to be clever. Let’s have fewer gimmicks. Clean up what you have and make it look less cluttered.
8. Patricia | November 6th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
After 3 hours I’m sick of this; nothing anybody suggests makes a difference - I just can’t get back my classic mail - will have to change to another.
9. michael brassington | November 7th, 2007 at 11:54 am
I changed to New Beta Yahoo mail and initially found it a little confusing.I now after playing with it find it alot easier to use ( I am not comparing it with the old Yahoo).Although I am still confused why you took away the drag and drop photo option? I like the Spam set up i.e. it initially tells me how many I have got before I view. Colour change I like,making it more personal.Please don’t take way the swap back to old Yahoo,it gives you that more individual feel if you want to go back.As one person has already said,if it isn’t broken don’t try to mend it.
10. james | November 7th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
i feel that it is really hard to news all the e-mails at the same time
11. esmat boustani | November 8th, 2007 at 6:32 am
liked old e-mail better
12. Phil Stevens | November 8th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
The new email is a nightmare and clearly not ready to be released. All of the advice of how to switch back is useless, as another change has been made since. There is no tab labelled “Mail Classic”. It now says “Trouble logging in?”. Use this to take you to an ambiguous option of “opting from email” in a switch back to classic.
What kind of Change Control procedures are adopted @ yahoo??
13. afsaneh mahmoodi | November 8th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
liked old email better
14. Keith M. Briges | November 8th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
I,also, miss the previous “look”……KB
15. B Jones | November 8th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Whilst scrolling through my inbox headings the whole section suddenly became longer and dropped to the bottom of the screen, whilst moving over to the right of the screen, leaving a very small pane in which to read the messages. The ‘folder’ section is now wider than the email section. How do I get it back to its original please?
16. Gemma | November 11th, 2007 at 10:46 am
since i have switched i have not been able to go into my mail inbox why is this occuring? i prefferd the old email!
17. kim revell | November 13th, 2007 at 8:50 am
i lke old way better, mores straight forward to use.
18. alexandra cooper | November 13th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I prefer the old email. It is easier to use.The new one is too complicated for me,being a senior person
19. Terri-Ann McGill | November 14th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
The link for going back to the Classic mail isn’t working, how else do I get back, I can’t do ANYTHING with this version.
20. Keith Hodgkin | November 14th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
I liked the idea of integrating Messenger with the new Yahoo! Mail but it didn’t work. The drop down menu would not open and simply showed Offline.
21. BOB | November 15th, 2007 at 5:52 am
I would prefer to use the classic version than the new version because when i switched to the new version i was unable to read even a single mail, this is because when you click to open a mail it does not open. Further now am not even able to switch back to the classic mail since when i click on switch back to classic it’s not talking me there either. Am kind of doomed now. Classic mail is more easier to use. Please advice on how i should go back on classic. I got entice by the colorful setup of new yahoo mail but now am regreting am lossing a lot.
22. sam | November 15th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
glad to be back i think its much better
23. joyce | November 15th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
I cannot call up categories from my address book in new mail
Can you tell me how to rectify this? please
24. 18billcoles | November 25th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Have not beeen able to log on to it satisfactorily. Please revert to the old system.
25. Arundhati | November 26th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Classic version was better now as i have switched to new version i want to go back to the old version but i am not able to go back.Whenever i click on mail classic it says error on page. Please help.
26. Paul Singlehurst-Ward | November 30th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I switched to beta a long time ago and like it.
The last few weeks, I am getting an error message when I try to access my email which says “Ouch!” and some other message about error 500 or something similar. I am then told the new mail is unavailable and I have to use classic which works but I much prefer the new mail.
Why is this happening? I have submitted a complaint but no comment or resolution has been forthcoming to date.
27. Ann | December 4th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Classic mail was better. Less confusing
28. melissa | December 11th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
i tried swapping back to classic email and it does nothing at all. what do i do . this new site will not let me send emails its driving me crazy
29. py | December 16th, 2007 at 5:15 am
the new classic mail is ridiculous. you cannot delete mail, write mail, forward mail, do nothing with at all. whoever invented that did a nasty job. i need to go back to the old mail but cannot even do that. i’m afraid, i might have to switch to different company.
30. shyanne | December 16th, 2007 at 6:00 am
I HATE this new version, I cannot reply, send and email or anything and it wont let me go back to classic! If this does not change by tomrrow I am switching to hotmail, please fix this!!!
31. s bajramaj | January 8th, 2008 at 12:55 am
i like the new verison of yahoo mail but it never works it will not allow me to simply switch to the old verision(classic)by clickin on the link an nothing happens when i click on the options to manually change it please help me…..
32. Bill | January 8th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I can view my mail but I get “ERROR ON PAGE” when I click on anything else. This include the help, signout, classic mail etc.
I am using windows2000 and Internet Explorer 6.0.
Please help
33. shoeb noorani | January 10th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Please the old is gold, switch back to Yahoo Classic.
34. Michaila | January 18th, 2008 at 1:13 am
i hate yaho beta. there is no switch back option. i want my YAHOO CLASSIC DAMN IT
35. art | January 29th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Felt same way as shyanne above; can’t delete, reply, composed either; nor the swich back to mail classic link won’t respond. Help and swich me back to to the old mail classic, Please.
36. Laverne | January 30th, 2008 at 8:01 am
The classic version is more me and easier to use. I hace trouble sending, replying mail and would like to go back to classic. Looking forward to using it again. Thanks
37. Mascarenhas | February 7th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I agree with everyone who said that the new yahoo mail version is a nightmare.I cant forwad or sign in, i prefer the old version.I was automaticly switched to the new version.I dont know how to switch back to old yahoo mail.Please help.Thanks
38. Bonnie | February 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I want the old yahoo classic page which is very simple
39. monty_jodi | March 12th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I don’t like the new mail. I haven’t been able to open anything and it won’t delete, I can’t compose or do anything. I tried the “change to classic mail” button and it don’t do anything. I can’t get to my old stuff that I can actually use. This is bad when I run a business and depend on my email system.
40. methurman | March 25th, 2008 at 2:41 am
ilove the classic yahoo mail I use it all the time.
i have a bit of a time sometime getting
on to the right website. it is hard to get on the yahoo,classic mail. I .i am used to using. iam a senior citizen and have trouble getting classic yahoo mail.
thanks
41. Pat | March 27th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I guess I got used to the new version. However, recently I have been having trouble retrieving my msg. Therefore, when I got the msg. that I could select “Classic Mail” to see if it would retrieve faster, I selected “Classic Mail” and boom…my messages came up immed. If I want to go back to the new version, how would I do that? Presently, I will stay with Classic Mail, which is very easy. Thanks.
42. Ma. Teresa Okawauchi | April 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I want to go back to my Classic Mail
43. Hat | April 5th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Serenity NOW. The classic is a lot better, easier to access. Let’s just go back to the classic e-mail. This is more confusion and we want less of that.
44. Anne Bennet | April 18th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Stop toying with us and let us go back to our old email format!
45. Roy | April 19th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Give us back the older version of Mail Classic.
Offer the newer version of Mail Classic (with switch-back).
Throw-out the useless new mail, and with it those who persist in changing Yahoo for the worse!
46. Sara Green | April 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 am
I want to stay with my classic mail >it was a mistake to change
47. John | April 22nd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Read the other users comments. Now, put mine back to Classic, and leave it alone. When I want more crap, I’ll try it myself. Stop BSn people about how to switch back. You can’t switch back until mail is fully loaded, and any user with good security software has discovered that it takes too long bacause of the crap you’re including. Put it back and leave it alone.
48. John | April 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
You asked for comments. I responded.
You noted: “Your comment is awaiting moderation.”
Let me simplify my comments:
Leave Classic alone. If I want it changed, I will do it.
Stop changing it for me.
49. Cecilia | May 1st, 2008 at 3:38 am
I love the classic version. Please leave this in play for me - do not change it everytime I log on.
Thanks
50. Nadeem Aslam Arain | May 6th, 2008 at 10:45 am
The old Yahoo is the Best
plz dont use new yahoo
51. lynda | June 4th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
just let me get back to the old way of doing things
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Hi Lynda,
I asked customer care to move your account back to the classic version. Please contact them directly should you have any other problems. You can contact them here:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/mail/original/forms_index.html
Thanks,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team
52. Rianui | June 26th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Hi,
I recently went back to Yahoo! classic after getting a slow connection that was giving me trouble while displaying my email. I like Yahoo! Beta mail and would like to go back to it. How do I do this?
Rianui.
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Hi Rianui,
There’s an easy way to switch to the all-new Yahoo Mail. You can read how to do it here:
http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/11/01/switch-to-new-mail/
Hope that helps,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team
53. robert | June 29th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Classic version was much faster with my older pc & why did yahoo remove my stock portfolio info anywhere on new cm.my.yahoo? It was the ony advantage of yahoo over google. Why did yahoo remove “switch back” option at top of page. I opened a google account … not as good as classic my.yahoo; but since we can’t get my.yahoo anymore, & cm.my.yahoo doesn’t work, we have no choice?
54. R & J S. | July 20th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
The newest format of Yahoo mail does not put arrows by the email after you forward or reply to them so you do not know where you left off—due to no forward or reply arrows in the box to the left of the title of email.
Also it is much harder to read and find things.
55. P.I.Samuel | August 5th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Your new Yahoo is frustrating. Fed up with Yahoo. Have to spend lot of time. It is good provided you remove all bugs and give
a clean system.
Please do something fast
Samuel
56. maha maher | August 7th, 2008 at 6:32 am
i love the classic yahoo mail its much beter want 2 switch back
57. salemrooney | August 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am
o’ my goodness, where does one start, i was quite content with yahoo classic,i’m afraid this has been bit of dreadful experience!perhaps i shall forward you the bill, this how keep communications with my daughter who just left for college 5 states away,my harddrive is going in the shop 8-11,from the minute i switched..this is not a good thing,let me tell ya!
58. dion | August 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 pm
this is so cool i love how is works!!!!!
59. someone | August 30th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
i like old mail better
60. Emily | September 5th, 2008 at 7:52 am
to switch back simply click on ‘yahoo mail classic’
61. Barb | October 5th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
way cant we keep the old Yahoo i dont like the new one
62. Carlene | October 5th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
It will not let me open my e-mail at all. Every thing I’ve tried will not work. I have to go back to the classic just to open it. You are to never mess with a good thing anyway. Thanks for trying.
Sorry it did not work.
63. Sandy Otto | October 6th, 2008 at 1:22 am
i like the old messenger better.
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