How to Mark a Message Unread in Yahoo! Mail

You can easily mark emails as read manually in Yahoo! Mail. However, if you read an email message in your inbox, but it still appears unread, changing a setting will make changes automatically.

Why Won't Yahoo Mark as Unread?

If you read email messages, but they still appear unread, changing a setting might be a quick and straightforward solution.

1. Log in to your Yahoo! Mail account.

2. Select Settings (the gear icon).

3. Select More Settings.

   

4. Select Viewing Email.

   

5. Select an option in the Mark as read interval section. The options are:

   • Immediately
   • After 2 seconds
   • After 5 seconds
   • Never

   If you select Never, emails remain marked as unread even after you have read them.

   

6. Return to the inbox.

How to Mark a Message Unread in Yahoo! Mail

If a message is marked as read, but you want it to appear as unread, change it manually. There are two ways to do so.

1. Right-click the email message you want to mark unread and select Mark as Unread.

   

2. Select the check box next to the message, select More, then choose Mark as Unread.

3. To mark multiple email messages as unread, select the Select Message drop-down arrow, choose All, then mark the email messages as unread.

4. Alternatively, use either method to mark an unread message as read.