Email, Messaging, & Video Calls > Email How to Automatically Open the Next Message After Deleting in Yahoo Optimize your email workflow By Heinz Tschabitscher Heinz Tschabitscher Writer University of Vienna A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on November 28, 2021 Email Yahoo! Mail Gmail Trending Videos Close this video player What to Know Select Settings > More Settings > Viewing email. Under the After moving a message heading, select Show next message.Choose Back to Inbox to see the updated view. If you want to read the messages in your Yahoo Mail Inbox one after the other, the service's default settings aren't ideal. When you delete or file a message, it sends you to the Inbox, where you can open the next message. You can avoid this extra step when viewing your mail in a web browser and make Yahoo Mail go to the next message automatically after you're done with the one you're reading. Open the Next Message Automatically After Deleting in Yahoo Mail To have Yahoo Mail open the next message automatically after you delete or move the current one: Click the Settings icon in the upper-right corner of the window, and then select More Settings. Click Viewing email. Under the After moving a message heading, click the radio button next to Show next message. The change saves automatically. Click Back to Inbox to return to your mail view. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit