How to Delete an Individual Email From a Conversation in Yahoo Mail

Pick one message for deletion in a Yahoo Mail conversation

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Updated on March 5, 2021

What to Know

Open the conversation > locate and select the message you want to remove from the conversation > Delete.
To delete from app, open conversation > locate and select message to remove > three dots > Delete.

This article explains how to delete an individual email from a conversation in Yahoo Mail while leaving the rest in place. Instructions apply to the web versions of Yahoo Mail and the Yahoo Mail app for iOS and Android.

How to Delete an Email From a Yahoo Mail Conversation

To delete one message from a conversation in Yahoo Mail rather than move the entire thread to the Trash folder:

Open the conversation in Yahoo Mail.
Locate and select the message you want to remove.

If you don't see the email you want to remove in the thread, select Reply, Reply All, or Forward at the bottom of the email screen to expand the conversation.
Select Delete.

How to Delete an Email From a Conversation in the Yahoo Mail App

The process for deleting individual messages from a conversation is similar in the Yahoo Mail app:

Open the conversation in the Yahoo Mail app.
Locate and tap the message you want to remove.

Tap More Messages if the message you want is not listed.
Tap the three dots to the right of the sender name, then tap Delete.

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