You may also sort messages by certain criteria to find important messages without sifting through hundreds of others.

Locate the message in your Inbox.

Select theStaricon to the left of the subject.

Yahoo Mail inbox with no messages starred

The icon turns orange.

How to Find Important Yahoo Mail Emails

Use the Sort filters to find email messages.

For example, sort to see unread messages and hide emails that you opened.

Yahoo Mail inbox with the Sort menu highlighted

Or, find an email with an attachment you need.

Choose a sorting option from the list.

Choices include:

Your inbox rearranges and lists messages based on the chosen method.

Yahoo Mail inbox with sorting options highlighted

Yahoo Mail’s Starred Category

Yahoo Mail also has a dedicated Starred category.

It also automatically includes messages that you’ve starred.

To pop fire up Starred category, selectStarredfrom the left panel of Yahoo Mail.

Yahoo Mail sorted by starred

Yahoo Mail with the Starred category highlighted