How to Report a Message as Spam in Yahoo Mail

Improve the spam filters in Yahoo Mail

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What to Know

  • Yahoo Mail: Tick each message you'd like to report and select Spam in the toolbar above your inbox.
  • Basic Yahoo Mail: The process is the same with a slightly different interface.
  • Yahoo Mail app: Open a message, tap the three vertical dots, and select Spam.

This article explains how to report spam to Yahoo Mail so that the company modifies its filters to catch that particular type of spam in the future. These instructions apply to the web versions of Yahoo Mail and the Yahoo Mail mobile app for Android and iOS.

How to Report a Message as Spam in Yahoo Mail

Yahoo Mail has spam filters, so most unsolicited messages are automatically placed in the Spam folder. Nonetheless, spam will occasionally make it to your inbox. To alert Yahoo Mail that junk mail that made it past the spam filter:

  1. Select the checkbox beside the message(s) in your inbox that you wish to report as spam.

    A screenshot of Yahoo Mail with a message selection checkbox highlighted
  2. Select Spam in the toolbar above your inbox to move the message to your Spam folder.

    A screenshot of Yahoo Mail with the Spam button highlighted
  3. Alternatively, you can mark an individual message as spam by selecting Spam while viewing it.

How to Report a Message as Spam in Basic Yahoo Mail

The process for reporting spam in Yahoo Mail Basic is the same, but the interface is a little different:

  1. Select the checkbox beside the message(s) in your inbox that you wish to report as spam.

    A screenshot of Yahoo Mail Basic with a message selection box highlighted
  2. Select Spam in the toolbar above your inbox to move the message to your Spam folder.

    A screenshot of Yahoo Mail Basic with the Spam button highlighted
  3. Alternatively, you can mark an individual message as spam while viewing it:

    1. Select Actions in the toolbar.
    2. Select Mark as Spam.
    3. Select Apply
    A screenshot of Yahoo Mail basic with the Actions menu highlighted

How to Report a Message as Spam in the Yahoo Mail App

You can report individual messages as spam while viewing them in the Yahoo Mail mobile app:

  1. Select the three vertical dots to the right of the sender's name.

    A screenshot of the Yahoo Mail with the More actions button highlighted
  2. Select Spam from the drop-down menu.

    A screenshot of the Yahoo Mail app with the Spam button highlighted
  3. The message will move to the Spam folder.

How to Report Spam From Another Yahoo Mail Account

If the spam is coming from another Yahoo Mail account, you can report the user directly by going to the Report Abuse or Spam on Yahoo page in your browser. Select report it to Yahoo directly and enter the requested information.

A screenshot of Yahoo's help page with the "report it to Yahoo directly" option highlighted
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