How to Move a Message to a Different Folder in Yahoo Mail

Use custom folders to organize your messages

By
Heinz Tschabitscher
Heinz Tschabitscher
Heinz Tschabitscher
Writer
  • University of Vienna
A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997.
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Updated on June 1, 2021

What to Know

  • Web: Select the emails you want to move, then choose Move, followed by the folder you'd like to move the messages to.
  • iOS: Open the email and select the Move icon. Choose the folder you'd like to move the content to.
  • Android: Tap and hold an email. Select the emails you want to move. Choose the Move icon, then choose a destination folder.

To keep your email organized in Yahoo Mail, you may want to move messages from one folder to another. It's quick and easy to relocate messages into folders where they'll be easy to find later, whether you're moving one email or a group of messages. We show you how using any version of Yahoo Mail.

How to Move Email Using Yahoo Mail on a Web Browser

Follow these steps to move messages to a different folder using the web version of Yahoo Mail.

  1. Open your Yahoo Mail Inbox.

  2. Select the email you want to move.

    To select multiple messages, check the boxes next to the messages you want to move.

  3. Select Move from the menu at the top of the screen.

    Alternatively, press the d key to automatically open the Move menu.

    The Move menu

  4. Select the folder where you want the email or emails to go by clicking its name in the list or pressing the keyboard shortcut to the right.

    Destination folders in the Move folder

  5. Your message or messages are relocated.

    You can also select a message and drag it to a new folder.

How to Move Email Using the Yahoo Mail iOS App

Follow these steps to move messages to a different folder using the Yahoo Mail iOS app.

Move Individual Emails

To move individual messages:

  1. Open the email you want to move.

  2. Tap the Move icon.

  3. Tap the folder you want to move the email to.

    Moving a single email on Yahoo Mail for iOS.

  4. Your message is now relocated.

Move Multiple Emails

To move several messages at once:

  1. Long-press an email you want to move.

  2. Tap one or more additional checkboxes.

  3. Tap the Move icon.

  4. Tap the folder you want to move the messages to.

    Moving multiple messages on Yahoo Mail for iOS.

  5. Your messages are now relocated.

     Swipe actions in the Yahoo Mail app are customizable. Set the left or right swipe action to Move to a selected folder.

Move Email Using the Yahoo Mail Android App

Follow these steps to move messages to a different folder using the Yahoo Mail Android app.

  1. Tap and hold an email.

  2. Tap the checkbox next to the email or emails you want to move.

  3. Tap the Move icon.

    Selecting a message to move in Yahoo Mail.

  4. Tap the destination folder.

  5. Your message or messages are relocated.

    Selecting a folder to move the email.
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