Email, Messaging, & Video Calls Email How to Mark a Message Unread in Yahoo! Mail Mark emails read or unread by Heinz Tschabitscher Writer A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. our editorial process Heinz Tschabitscher Updated on January 25, 2021 Tweet Share Email Email Yahoo! Mail Gmail 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. Log in to your Yahoo! Mail account. Select Settings (the gear icon). Select More Settings. Select Viewing Email. 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. 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. Right-click the email message you want to mark unread and select Mark as Unread. Select the check box next to the message, select More, then choose Mark as Unread. To mark multiple email messages as unread, select the Select Message drop-down arrow, choose All, then mark the email messages as unread. Alternatively, use either method to mark an unread message as read. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit