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how to delete 'attachments' in Yahoo mail?

17 years ago

I noticed that on the left hand colum of Yahoo Mail there is a catagory, 'attachments'. When I opened thid there are attachments from 3 years ago!! TONS of them!! I would like to delete them- there is a box to 'check all', but no other box to 'delete'. How do I do this?

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zep516
17 years ago
1.From the Photo View: Click on the Subject link located directly below the photo thumbnail. This will display the message that contains the file attachment. On this page, you can click the Delete button to delete the message and the attachments.

2.From the Attachment View: Click on the Message Subject for the thumbnail. This will display the message that contains the file attachment. On this page, you can click the Delete button to delete the message and the attachments
"edited" And yes the only way you can delete attachments is to delete the complete message
ilmbg
Original Author
17 years ago
zep- I should have been more specific! Can I delete them all at once? There are more than 800 of them!! Or am I in for a long session of 'click, click, click'?
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zep516
17 years ago
That I can't answer but I will look for additional information for you.
zep516
17 years ago
All i can find

there should be a button or scroll sub head that says select all..then u can just uncheck the ones that u want to keep

I am not sure about the above information taken from Internet good luck
ilmbg
Original Author
17 years ago
I'll look- thanks

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