Merlin
Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel

Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel

Permanently hides the Ads panel on the right side of New Yahoo! Mail, the 'Sponsored' email at the Top, and ads on the Left to give you a full-width Premium email experience for free! The other option, of course is to pay $50 a year to Yahoo! Inc. :)

What is Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel?
Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel is a Firefox add-on, designed to eliminate obtrusive ads on Yahoo! Mail and convert a free email service to be equivalent to Yahoo's Ad-Free Mail. It permanently hides the right-side ad banner, the 'Sponsored' emails and ads on the left side, replacing paid premium service worth $50 per year. It's an ideal solution for those who value a clutter-free email experience.
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Rating: 3.52 (96)
Version: 3.70 (Last updated: 2022-03-10)
Creation date: 2013-10-08
Weekly download count: 20
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 69.22K
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Latest Beta version of Yahoo mail now completely supported! Please let me know if it doesn't work for some geographical locations.

With the latest version, this add-on now turns your free email to be completely equivalent to "Yahoo Ad Free Mail" except for one thing - they might still deactivate your account if you don't use it for a long time. But you wouldn't come here if you really didn't want to use your Yahoo mail :).

What's new!

  • Now supports the 'old' Yahoo Mail Basic as well for those who are still using it (though in a limited manner). Why should those users suffer so much?
What's this all about? : Yahoo Mail, though revamped last October, continued to be plagued with (even more of) the obnoxious ads banner at the right side which takes around 30% or more of your screen, the Top 'Sponsored' email which you accidentally click many times in order to open an actual mail (they probably want that), and ads at the left. If you don't want these ads, Yahoo used to charge $20 every year, which they recently increased to $50 per year for no reason. This is pure greed, so I decided to give this whole Yahoo Ad-Free Mail experience to everyone for free.

Doesn't Adblock Plus do that already, like hiding ads and all? : No. First, Adblock plus hides only some of the ads and takes money from big corporations to allow some other. For many users, it doesn't hide sponsored emails or the ads at the left corner. Second, even after hiding some ads it cannot recover the area that was consumed by those ads, like the banner ads at the right. This add-on takes care of all of that to make it really ad free.

Note: The add-on currently does not work on Firefox for Android or any version other than the desktop.

Thanks for the great response and comments so far! If it doesn't work for your country due to different Yahoo layout there, please email me (using the Support Email) with more details, and I'll try to make it work there as well.

Icon design by: Robert Kudrle

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Pros
  • Works well to remove side ad panels
  • Does not interfere with Yahoo mail functions
  • Has been reliable for long-term users
  • The author is responsive and willing to improve
Cons
  • Does not hide all ads, some users reported seeing the 'top sponsored' ad
  • Became ineffective with recent Firefox updates
  • Interferes with Yahoo functionalities like viewing contacts or calendar
  • The ad panel reappeared for some users
Most mentioned
  • Ineffectiveness in removing all ads
  • Interference with core functionalities of Yahoo Mail
  • Need for an update to match recent Firefox versions
Recent reviews
It doesn't work, I'm using firefox 120.0.1
by Firefox user 17405398, 2023-12-06
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Risk impact

Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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