There can be an icon malfunction leading to Yahoo mail down due to some tech glitch and the best way to resolve this problem is to reboot the device and then open the app again. If that doesn’t help, then you can take the assistance from the customer support or you can go to the help center and use the FAQs that are listed to get the required assistance.
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