How to Find and Copy Email Addresses on Yahoo Mail

Want to block a sender or search by recipient? Find out here how to find and copy email addresses on Yahoo Mail in messages you have sent or received.

First, a Synonym for Jerk

Do you see hair or a leash, or a chain maybe, when you read “yank”? Do you feel tearing and pain; the cringing exasperation perhaps of witnessing a power cord being yanked out of its socket—sideways?

All right, now imagine the cord and hair snugly staying in place while you have a duplicate in hand thanks to yanking: this is what happens when you “yank” in the ancient vi text editor (or in Vim)—or, of course, when you copy email addresses from messages for use in blocking, new emails, or filters.

Let’s get yanking in Yahoo Mail!

How to Find and Copy Email Addresses on Yahoo Mail

How you copy an email address from a message depends on how the message was formatted and on which address you want to copy.

Copy the Sender Address

In Yahoo Mail on the Desktop

In the Yahoo Mail App

To copy the sender’s email address for any email using the Yahoo Mail app for iOS:

1. Open the email in the Yahoo Mail app.
2. Tap the recipient’s name or address.
3. Note the sender’s email address appearing under the sender’s name.
4. Now tap the sender’s name or email address.
5. Tap and hold the email address you want to copy.
   Which address: If more than one address is listed, tap the one that was listed beneath the sender’s name in the email header area.
   See all: You may have to tap More details to see all addresses.
6. Select Copy from the menu that has appeared.

Copy the Recipient Address

For the email address to which an email was sent in Yahoo Mail, you might have to dig a little deeper.

To copy an email’s sender address in Yahoo Mail using a desktop browser:

1. Open the message in Yahoo Mail.
2. If the email address appears under To: in the message header:
   1. Highlight the address with the mouse.
   No this: If a sheet pops up below the address, do your best to ignore it.
3. If your name (or another name, such as that of a mailing list) appears under To: in the message header:
   1. Click the three dots menu for the message.
   2. Select View raw message from the menu that has appeared.
   3. Look for the first line that begins with To: (“To:” followed by a whitespace character) from the top.
   4. Highlight the email address that appears between the angle brackets (<>).
4. Press Ctrl C (on Windows or Linux) or Command C (on a Mac) to copy the highlighted address.

To copy the address of a To or Cc recipient using the Yahoo Mail app:

1. Tap the recipient’s name or email address.
2. Now tap the address you want to copy under to or cc.
   Note: Do remember the address you want to copy.
3. Tap and hold the address to be copied.
4. Tap Copy from the context menu after it has appeared.

Want to be sure you get the right address? You can dig even deeper and copy all the desired addresses (From, To…) from the message source.

Copy a CC Recipient Address

To copy the address of somebody who received an email as a Cc: copy in Yahoo Mail using a desktop browser:

1. Open the email in Yahoo Mail.
2. Highlight the address under Cc: in the message’s header area.
   Get the sheet: If only a name appears under Cc:, follow the steps above for the To: recipient, but look for the first line starting with Cc: instead.
3. Press Ctrl C (Windows, Linux) or Command C (Mac) to copy the address.

For copying Cc: recipients using the Yahoo Mail app, see above.

Can I Copy BCC Recipient Addresses?

No. Because BCC (blind carbon copy) addresses are not part of the email message, you cannot copy them. (You do not even see the Bcc: header line if you are a Bcc recipient yourself.)

(Copying email addresses in Yahoo Mail tested in a desktop browser; updated January 2024)