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How to Remove Or Block Ads In Yahoo Mail?

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If you use Yahoo Mail, you probably get annoyed by the ads on the right of the Yahoo Mail page. They are quite obtrusive and are really distracting. Don’t worry though. You can easily remove or block these Yahoo Mail ads. Here are three methods to hide Yahoo Mail ads:

#1. Use the Hide Button to Remove Yahoo ads

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You wouldn’t have noticed it. Yahoo itself provides a way to hide ads in Yahoo Mail. There’s a small arrow mark near the long vertical banner ad. When clicked, the advertisement gets hidden immediately.

The downside is that the ad will reappear the next time you open a new mail. So, this is not a permanent solution to block ads in Yahoo Mail.

#2. Install Firefox + Greasemonkey Script to Block Yahoo ads

block_yahoo_mail_ads There’s another way to block Yahoo ads and here’s how you can go about doing it. Download and install Firefox, and then install the Greasemonkey addon. Then go here and install the Yahoo! Mail Cleaner script. This script will allow you to remove ads in Yahoo Mail.

Refresh the Yahoo mail page and voila! The ads are gone.

#3. Upgrade to Yahoo! Mail Plus to Remove Yahoo Ads

This is the 3rd method to remove Yahoo Mail ads. You’ll have to shell out $19.99 from your pocket and the graphical Yahoo Mail ads are gone permanently. You get loads of other features, you can check more on this here.

Hope these methods to disable and remove Yahoo ads in the Yahoo Mail page worked for you. Let us know in the comments section if you experience any difficulties in blocking Yahoo Mail advertisements.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

April 10th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

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  • http://arunstechcorner.blogspot.com Arun Shivaram

    Another best way of blocking ads , not just on yahoo but on all sites, is to install Adblock Plus add-on for firefox.

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com Shankar Ganesh

    Yep, that is true!

  • http://techmalaya.com Syahid A

    No #3 is obviously not my choice Shankar! lol!

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com Shankar Ganesh

    Who wants to pay when we’ve got beloved Gmail? :)

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  • jjw

    AdBlock may prevent you from being able to send emails – i get an error because Yahoo! likes to hit you with an ad with every email you send.

  • notanadfan

    ie7pro does a good job of blocking ads in ie7….

  • caravaggio

    use firefox with adblock plus

  • http://outputlogic.com Evgeni

    #1 : a small arrow is easy to miss, so that the ad is clicked. Maybe that was the intention.

  • Judy

    Thank you, thank you! I have Yahoo Mail Plus, as far as I know. Supposedly provided free by Verizon, who recently added ads. At first it wasn’t so bad but after bobble heads and dogs dancing on thermometers, today I’ve had it!

    The link for Mail Plus doesn’t work. I found the new Mail Plus page and it does not mention ads directly. It does say I could sign up by doing this or that, but that option isn’t available to me, so I am a Plus customer, thanks to Verizon. I get no ads in my emails and can use POP mail, etc. A question asks about ads and says you don’t get them but then to go “back” the link takes you to the dead link you have.

    But I installed the Greasemonkey script, since I already had Greasemonkey, and I’m HAPPY HAPPY!

    I might try Adblock Plus, but meanwhile, I am SO happy! No more bobble heads, no more dogs dancing on dancing thermometers! Yeah! Thank you!

  • Abimbola Olurin

    THANKS FOR #2!!

  • Tony Backos

    NUMBER 2 WORKS!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!
    This has been a major annoyance since Yahoo instituted these ads!

  • Frisco Mike

    Excellent. #2 works. Thanks!

  • Gopi

    Thank you sooooooo much. Option#2 worked.

    I initially ran the below script from my google chrome browser. It did not worked. Later i moved to firefox and clicked on install from there and just refreshed the page. Bang, it worked. No more add bar in my yahoo mail. Thanks a ton.
    ” Then go here and install the Yahoo! Mail Cleaner script. This script will allow you to remove ads in Yahoo Mail.”

  • paul

    i found now the best method for firefox

    not only hides the right side ads in Yahoo Mail but also expands the message space!!!

    + the same add-on also works for gmail and hotmail

    search for “WebMail Ad Blocker” in firefox add-ons.

    it is the best!

  • William R. Cousert

    Yahoo removed the “hide ads” button. Is there anything that will work with the current version of Yahoo Mail?

  • Blue Ribbon Cookies

    Wonderful! #2 really works! I was leery at first as I have not loaded anything like this before. Yahoo mail is just getting more and more cluttered – so much so that advertisements are slowing up even downloads. I installed Greasemonkey first, then the script. Wha-la! Thanks again!

  • rmpbklyn

    the best way is to use host file, this will cover any browser or any app that uses internet
    the add ons, extensions are just patches/bandage, so if one is to use a different app, they will see the ads again. if one uses a different profile or login again would have to install the addon, script or extensions

    rather, a host file is permanently and is system wide, global amongst all user accounts.

    google for host file

  • atl2000

    such a shame the frame cannot be removed along with the solutions :-( unless I missed sth …

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  • Gary

    Thank you so much. Method #2 works great. I have been so irritated by the slowness of yahoo mail. Now it is 10 times faster. This will save me untold hours with yahoo mail.

  • mim

    Please tell me,

    How long do I have to tolerate all the following bulshit supposed to be originated from Yahoo? Isn’t there anybody responsible to bring those people to Court, for trying to deceiving me into revealing my password which should then be used against my will and without my knowledge to all my contacts for illegal purposes?

    …………………………..
    …………………….

    Final Warning!!!
    From: Yahoo Customer Service Add to Contacts
    To:

    ——————————————————————————–

    We are really sorry for any inconvinience this might cause you. Due to the congestion in all Yahoo! account users, Yahoo! will be shuting down all unused accounts. In order to avoid the deactivation of your account, you will have to confirm your e-mail by filling your Login Info below by clicking the reply button.

    Full name: …………………………………..

    Username: …………………………………..
    Password: …………………………………..
    Date Of Birth: ……………………………….
    Occupation: …………………………………
    Country Of Residence: ……………………

    After you must have followed the instructions on the sheet, your Yahoo! account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thank you for your usual co-operation. We apologize for any inconvinience.

    Yahoo! Customer Care
    Case number: 2641930
    Property: Account Security

    Regards,
    Yahoo! Account Services
    ————————-
    We are really sorry for any inconvinience this might cause you.

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    It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.

  • http://spanishgringo.blogspot.com Michael Freeman

    You can try my new chrome/greasemonkey script for the new Yahoo Mail Beta launched in Fall 2010

    http://spanishgringo.blogspot.com/2010/10/better-y-mail-beta-less-ads-more-mail.html

  • Thorenn

    To permanently delete the annoying ads from Yahoo and Rogers email pages, all you have to do is to download the Firefox Mozilla adblock plus at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/

  • scott

    yeah, i have gmail as well as yahoo.. i really like yahoo but am getting real tired of the jumpy page because of the top horizontal banner ads….may have to make the move permanent !

  • topcat3017

    I’m still waiting for AT&T or Yahoo to answer this. I pay DSL to ATT and get garbage ads from Yahoo!

    I’m Tired of it! I refuse to DL a new browser to get around it. There is an answer, noone’s talking.

  • bcdey

    sometimes some people thought they are very clever, they can do everything by hacking yahoo mail or hacking computer, but there is always a key behind this.

  • Harry Nuts

    Shankar Ganesh you Don’t your ass from your Elbow about what your saying Here to Block out yahoo ads! Pal i,m using Chrome and Staring at a Bunch of Fags That wanna Meet other Fags in my Mailbox from http://www.match.com/
    you Should go there Cup Cake Cuz there aint no Damn arrow
    anywhere to Block out the ads.. and Firefox isn’t as Great as Chrome or IRON when it Comes to Watching Movies online their Choppy in ff and a Bunch of Stupid Toolbars and add-ons are Required also! what School Did you go to the one for Retards??

  • Carriedickson44

    im recieving updates on my husbands ex gf yahoo profile dont know why and i dont know how, shes never been on my yahoo friends i tried pushing the hide button and it still shows her updates i dont like her and i dont want updates going to my profile, how can i get that off for good

  • Wmfoget

    There is another method that I used …change to gmail

  • Patncece

    There is no hide marker

  • Rired

    I changed to outlook Express. Even the Verizon operators could not help!

  • RANCHSAILOR

    YAHOO ADS ARE GONE ! BLESSINGS ! LIKE ! LIKE ! LIKE !

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3HZYITNQ4BPP2LHRGU5QVB5WEA Khin Hla

    Yahoo is supposed to make it easier to send or receive e-mails.  I can’t do this anymore because commercial ads  are taking up all the space.  I cannot check my e-mails anymore.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3HZYITNQ4BPP2LHRGU5QVB5WEA Khin Hla

    Something is preventing me to access my Yahoo e-mails.  I keep getting commercial ads.  They take up all the space.  Please help me to check my e-mails like I used to. 

  • Borders Forest

    Idon’t like any adds on my yahoo page please remove all.
    Thank you

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