Does Yahoo Mail Have a Storage Limit?
As of late July 2025, Yahoo Mail drastically reduced its free storage limit from 1 terabyte (TB) to just 20 gigabytes (GB) for all free accounts worldwide — a 98% reduction. Yahoo Mail Plus users also saw their storage cut from 5 TB to 200 GB.
Once you reach your storage limit, you’ll still have access to your inbox, but you won’t be able to send or receive new emails until you delete old messages or upgrade your plan.
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Yahoo now offers the following paid options:
- 100 GB for $1.99/month
- 1 TB for $9.99/month
- Yahoo Mail Plus with 200 GB and an ad-free experience for $5/month
This change aligns Yahoo’s free offering more closely with competitors like Gmail, which provides 15 GB shared across services.
To help users manage the reduced limit, Yahoo has introduced real-time storage tracking, large-attachment management tools, and sorting features for finding space-hogging emails quickly. However, many long-time users accustomed to generous free storage have expressed frustration at the abrupt shift.
So, let’s move on to how to check your used storage amount and how to best clear out your mailbox to regain space and become organized.
How to Check Your Yahoo Mail Storage Limit
Now that you know the amount of space you receive, it’s time to take a look at how much you’re using.
📌 You’ll need to view your limit and usage on the website using your desktop browser. There isn’t currently an option for a Yahoo Mail storage limit check in the mobile app or with a mobile browser.
- Visit Yahoo Mail on the web and sign in.
- Select the Settings (gear icon) on the top right of your account.
- Click ••• More Settings.
- On the bottom left of the Settings, you’ll see the amount of storage you have and the percentage of that space you’ve used.
Just because Yahoo Mail now offers only 20 GB of free storage, down from the previous 1 TB, you can’t afford to ignore managing that space. Once you hit the limit, you won’t be able to send or receive new emails until you free up room or upgrade your plan.
A cluttered inbox not only eats into your storage quickly but also makes it harder to spot important messages. Do you really want to sift through 50 unnecessary or unwanted emails each morning just to find the ones you actually need?
Manage Yahoo Mailbox Space Efficiently with Clean Email
With Yahoo’s new 20 GB free storage cap, staying below the limit is essential to keep your account active.
Clean Email helps Yahoo users reclaim space fast by sorting emails by size or age, bulk deleting large or old messages, and removing newsletters or spam in just a few clicks — all without having to upgrade your plan.
Available on web, desktop (on Mac), Android, and iOS, Clean Email offers bulk actions, automations, premade filters, and more, providing you with effortless inbox management across all your devices
Bulk email deletion
Delete hundreds or even thousands of emails instantly. You can group and sort your inbox by sender, size, or other options, making it especially convenient for large emails that take up valuable storage space. Then, simply use the selection tools to pick the messages and hit Delete.
Yes, it’s really that easy!
Unsubscriber
Remove yourself from multiple subscriptions at once rather than one by one. While Yahoo's unsubscribe feature is fine for one email at a time, with Unsubscriber, you can unsubscribe from multiple senders in one fell swoop to quickly free up space.
As bonuses, you can pause subscriptions and also resubscribe (go to the Unsubscribed section and click Unblock).
Auto Clean
Create automated inbox rules to manage incoming messages based on conditions. You can do things like star emails from your boss, mark messages from clients, or move emails to project folders automatically. Without lifting another finger, you can keep your mailbox organized and clutter-free.
The Auto Clean tool gives you lots of options to customize your rules and inbox management needs, both on desktop and mobile.
Smart Folders
Manage large volumes of related messages using Smart Folders. These folders automatically filter emails for social notifications, automated messages, travel, food delivery, and more. You can then just open the folder to see and act on the emails at one time.
Cleaning Suggestions
Get recommendations for handling groups of messages based on your previous actions. You’ll see suggestions for deleting, marking, and archiving Yahoo emails — all at once and in one spot!
Yahoo Mail App Storage Consumption on iOS and Android
Wondering if the Yahoo Mail app is using too much storage on your iPhone or Android phone? There’s more to mailbox storage space than just the messages, especially when you manage emails on your mobile device.
Between the app itself, the necessary data files, and the cache, here’s how to check the Yahoo Mail storage size on your own mobile device.
Check the App Storage Size on iOS
- Open the Settings and choose General.
- Pick iPhone Storage.
- Select Yahoo Mail.
- You’ll then see the App Size along with the size of the corresponding Documents & Data.
📌 Note that you can sort by Name, Size, or Last Used Date and may need to tap See All at the bottom of the list to display the app.
Check the App Storage Size on Android
- Open the Settings and choose Apps.
- Pick All apps or See all X apps.
- Select Yahoo Mail and choose Storage & cache.
- You’ll then see the App size and amounts of User data and Cache with the Total used at the bottom.
Comparison: Mail Storage Limits of Popular Email Providers
If you’re interested in how the Yahoo Mail limit for storage compares to other popular email service providers, check out the comprehensive table below.
These are listed in order of storage amount available for free from largest to smallest.
| Provider |
|---|
| Yahoo Mail |
| Gmail |
| Outlook |
| iCloud Mail |
| ProtonMail |
| Storage Amount | Includes | More Storage Starting At∗ |
|---|---|---|
| 20GB | Mail and attachments | $1.99/mo. for 100GB, $5/mo. for 200GB (Plus), $9.99/mo. for 1TB |
| 15GB | Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos | $1.99/mo. for 100GB |
| 15GB | Mail storage | $1.99/mo. for 50GB |
| 5GB | iCloud Backups, Drive, Photos | $0.99/mo. for 50GB |
| 500MB – 1GB∗∗ | Mail and attachments | $3.99/mo. for 15GB |
* Prices are subject to change by the provider at any time and may differ for annual subscriptions.
** You can upgrade to 1GB of ProtonMail storage for free by performing the actions that appear in your inbox within 15 days.
Conclusion: Stay Within Yahoo’s New Storage Limit with Clean Email
You can clearly see that Yahoo Mail’s free storage is now much closer to competitors, offering 20 GB compared to Gmail’s 15 GB and Outlook’s 15 GB. With the reduced limit, keeping your inbox organized is more important than ever to avoid hitting the cap and losing the ability to send or receive emails.
For the most efficient way to stay within your storage limit, look to Clean Email. It can quickly sort emails by size or age, bulk delete large or outdated messages, and unsubscribe from unwanted senders in seconds. Clean Email works across all your devices, maintains a strong commitment to privacy and security, and offers affordable options for any budget.
