I’ve used Yahoo Mail for decades, and even though I find Gmail to be more user friendly (especially when comparing the iOS apps), I have continued to use both mail services. The main advantage that Yahoo Mail had over other email services is that its free tier offered 1 TB of storage. However, I received an announcement on July 28, 2025 that its free storage offering was being reduced to 20 GB effective immediately. Fortunately I was just barely below the 20 GB limit, and for those who were over the new 20 GB limit, this article provides additional information about its 1-month “grace period” as Yahoo Mail transitioned into full enforcement of its new quota.
Its current storage plans include 20 GB in the free tier, 100 GB for $1.99/month, and 1 TB for $9.99/month.
As a side note, it was ironic that Yahoo Mail’s own AI-generated summary of a follow-up email on August 25 completely misinterprets the reduction in storage as an increase to 20 GB. I guess we could chalk that up to overly positive spin by the Yahoo marketing team.
Anyway, this reduction in free storage space reminded me of the day when I found out that Google Photos discontinued its free unlimited storage. As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.
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