How do I delete incoming e-mails that are no longer needed?

Is there a way to delete tons of old email at once instead of one at a time?

• I loved the old Yahoo mail. You could go back to the very beginning, even if it was several years old, and pick the number of emails you needed to delete, page by page. It seems the ...show more

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  Can I switch to the previous design of Yahoo! Mail? - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN8822.html?impressions=true You can delete all the emails in a folder by going to the first email you want to delete and putting a check mark in the box to the left of the email. Scroll down to the last email you want to delete. Hold down the Shift key and then put a check mark in the box to the left of the last email you want to delete. All the emails will be highlighted. This may take some time, depending on the number of emails you selected. You may want to turn off the Conversation feature and see if that helps. Conversations in Yahoo Mail - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN15878.html?impressions=true Enable or disable Conversations in Yahoo Mail - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN15805&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1381512294134&locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL_ML If you want to go to your oldest email you can always reverse the sort order of your email and bring the oldest emails to the front. Sorting your list of messages - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN3535.html?impressions=true The following article has troubleshooting tips for those having issues with the new full email. Fixing common problems in Yahoo Mail - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN3223.html?impressions=true If the new full version of Yahoo mail isn't for you, you should check out Yahoo Basic. Your email is displayed in page view (25 emails per page) and you have the standard First page, Next page, Previous page, and Last page controls. Learn more about Yahoo Basic - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN5171&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1371527333887&locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL_ML Switching between basic and full Yahoo! Mail - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN15090&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1371527333887&locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL_ML If you're in the market for a new email provider because you don't like either the full version or Yahoo Basic, I'm told that Inbox.com looks and works much like Yahoo Classic. If you don't like that one there are several more listed in the article below that you can try. You're bound to like one more than you like the new Yahoo mail. Top 11 Free Email Services - http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm