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Yahoo mail sort not working

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When I'm on yahoo mail it only allows me sort by date from the drop down. The rest of the sort options do not show up. Works fine in IE.

When I'm on yahoo mail it only allows me sort by date from the drop down. The rest of the sort options do not show up. Works fine in IE.

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Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:


  1. Go to Firefox > History > Clear recent history or (if no Firefox button is shown) go to Tools > Clear recent history.
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

Further information can be found in the Clear your cache, history and other personal information in Firefox article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

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Can you try refreshing the page with CTRL-F5? It is working for me right now.

(Assuming you mean the Sort by.... dropdown on top of the inbox)

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My first stop for content problems like this is to clear my cache. This will prompt the site to redownload all of the code required to run the site. You can clear your cache at History->Clear Recent History... Select Cache and Offline Website Data. You may also want to clear Cookies and Site Preferences.

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I've cleared the cashe, cleared the cookies etc, no effect.

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Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.

(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)

  • You can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
  • Or open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article for that.

To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help other users who have the same problem.

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I tried safe mode as well, no help

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Are you using PROXY?