Skip to content

AOL Desktop Gold


This forum is for you to make product suggestions and provide thoughtful feedback. We’re always trying to improve our products and we can use the most popular feedback to make a positive change!

This forum is not monitored for any support-related issues. If you need assistance of any kind, please visit our help site.

Tell us how we can improve your AOL Desktop Gold experience. The more specific your feedback, the more useful for us. While we can’t respond to every suggestion, we review regularly and take them very seriously.



  • or

758 results found

  1. Please bring back 9.8.2

    First of all, let me start by saying that I have been an AOL customer for more than 20 years and I am really mad. Bring back 9.8.2. This version stinks. When I try to print my emails, it leaves out half of the previous emails/responses. The old version told you whether or not you had any emails and how many when changing screen names, this one does not. You have to switch and sign on to find out if you have any emails. There are also other issues with the software. And to think for all these problems posted…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Duplicate  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →
  2. Opportunities to Improve Your News Posts

    For the last two years now your "News" articles have bee dominated by two subjects, including: 1) Anything negative or critical about Donald Trump, his administration or his family and 2) All things Meghan Markle. For example, today, July 6, 2019, you have a total of 7 of 81 News articles about Meghan Markle. That's roughly 8.6% of all your news articles. Someone need to tell you folks that this simply isn't "News", and no one wants 8.6% of their news articles to be about one subject, much less Meghan Markle. With all that is going on in the world,…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Duplicate  ·  0 comments  ·  News  ·  Admin →
  3. SERIOUSLY

    SERIOUSLY what an awful mess you have created with "GOLD"? IF I see one more time "NOT RESPONDING" I will scream. I try to read a story and when I click close I lose the WHOLE Welcome Screen (I'm sure this is ALL part of your NEW and IMPROVED AOL) I've been with you guys for a long time but I'm thinking it's not going to be much longer with this **** that you have now presented us with. Just cut your losses and go back to the last version.THIS is NOT worth my money and it makes me sad…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Other  ·  Admin →
  4. Pictures not posting..

    Are you kidding me!!! For the past several day when I go to post a picture on facebook I get this error message!
    Oops
    Something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can. You may be able to try again later. Really what's later!!

    You're not working on any of it!! That's why we still have all these nightmare issues!!

    This is insane. From one thing to another. AOL keeps changing everything up. Now when you send an email it's set up differently.
    You can't even get the bugs worked out of all the other…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

  5. search history

    Suppose you had one or more window tabs open on the aol desktop. It used to be that when you would click the "welcome" tab, the space in which to type a new URL was blank. This is no longer the case. The AOL software would only try to "guess" previously used URLs when I started typing in the URL space. It would really be nice to have the software work this way again, because the software currently automatically puts an already used URL in the URL space, which can be very distracting. If you give me your direct Phone…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  Browser  ·  Admin →
  6. AOL GOLD

    SORRY..... I am so ******* FED UP WITH AOL GOLD, I AM READY TO SCREAM. It took 8 minutes to get Signed on. WHY???????????And trying to click off a site is close to impossible.
    Went to my Facebook, clicked on Messenger, and got another screen , that I cannot CLOSE. WHAT******* ****** CAME UP WITH AOL GOLD. IT GETS worse AND WORSE.
    I think I have to look at Firefox and ***** AOL, I have been a paying customer for 18 years, and it seems that AOL DOES NOT GIVE A ****. iF ENOUGH AOL CUSTOMERS, STICK TOGETHER, WE…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Duplicate  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →
  7. desktop gold mail composing.

    On Desktop Gold, when trying to write an email, there are no longer manageable margins. in other words, when typing a line in an email, it keeps going beyond the margins of the email, and when one hits "enter" to go to the next line, one loses sight of the cursor completely, with no means of scrolling to the left. There is no justification whatsoever.
    When I spoke to tech support, they are clueless, saying one must go to full page size to write an email. That is not workable.

    Also, the latest update appears to count words. that…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    7 comments  ·  Mail  ·  Admin →
  8. user not maintaining a good connection between the aol software and server

    It seems that the aol desktop gold software is not coded right to allow a smooth experience for the user. There is constant freezing for a second or two anytime I try to do anything on the software, from reading email to reading an article to typing feedback.
    A third party browser doesn't have this problem. Things are not always in sync.

    It seems like the servers just can't handle the load. A way to fix that would be to add more server capacity. It could also be the amount of network traffic, but again, adding more capacity to the…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  General  ·  Admin →
  9. aol gold sucks it still locks up daily on both my computers

    get off your gold *** and fix this crasp

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Duplicate  ·  0 comments  ·  General  ·  Admin →
  10. Your algorithm for screening comments still needs work and could benefit from AI!

    I've gone through several screenings for words I've used in comments! The word or words that caused rejection or challenging were in no way used offensively nor were the word or words in question made known to me. I'm keenly aware and support efforts to try and keep comments constructive. But your words have no value to me when I see others verbally attacking others (this time me) without the sensitivity you seek. I see lots of hateful language but not necessarily an offensive word. So your algorithm is useless for hateful sentencing and offensive and wrongly constricting when comments…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  Other  ·  Admin →
  11. Just read below of which I TOTALLY agree with

    Just read above / below of which I TOTALLY agree.

    No wonder aol's gone out of business... and that's why you and I are having such great difficulity. Even spell check and full screen doesn't work anymore Chrome works the best and is the ONLY browser that allows me to see my Netflix and Hulu subscriptions. My best advice, instead of complaining to a brick wall, is to "Funk the Dumb stuff", (delicately put) and move on. Customer Service is at an ALL TIME LOW ! Forget trying to e mail them, (it NO longer exists), or for that…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →
  12. I am so disgusted withy o ur service. I plan to discontinue it as soon as humanly possible. I spent 45 minutes trying to delte screen nam

    Start again. Your service has gone downhill at an unbelieveable pace. I can't wait to abandon AOL. Virtually nothing works. Tried to delete a few screen names, and after 45 minutes simply gave up/ Improve my experience with AOL...............at this point I don't know where to begin.

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    1 comment  ·  Admin →
  13. AOL is a major internet piece of ****, news stories run for week, trying to get help is a joke

    AOL is a major internet piece of ****, news stories run for week, trying to get help is a joke can you not be better? I would love to talk to someone who explain all the unpleasent things on aol. SEE my email on aol is not good enough

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  General  ·  Admin →
  14. GOLD support is Totally INCOMPETENT + UNCARING

    starting in beginning of Dec. 2017 -

    1- notified support about organizing favorites -
    response - thats the way it is + can not + will not be changed
    2 - at same time local news for location contained NO news for location , but contained news from 50 to 12,000 miles away - prior it contained news from local towns + area -
    response - reset location , clear cache , cookies , etc . + restart -
    - did not change - recontacted , NO response - contacted multiple times + received same scripted USELESS response or no…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Duplicate  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →
  15. Make it Faster

    I have mentioned this before in a post. This Gold version stinks. It cannot even keep up with my slow typing here on your comment block. I try to delete messages, and it takes way, way, too long to respond. You can improve it by clearing up the slowness, and if you cannot do that, then go back to the most previous version. My confidence level on Gold is lower than on any other application that I use daily. I have been a user for many, many years (and you can look it up if possible), and I have been…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Duplicate  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →
  16. Menu keeps popping up

    PLEASE FIX THIS BUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    This menu box keeps popping up with every click of my mouse...
    (Back, Forward, Refresh, Undo, Redo, Select All, Create Shortcut, View Source, Print, Print Preview, Add to Favorites, Properties, Pop Ups). It is popping up while I am typing this feedback. It is quite annoying. I have to click on another spot on the screen to make it go away and then I have to re-click to try to get to where I was going. This menu sometimes keep popping up, 2-3 times back to back, when I am clicking on another spot on the…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Other  ·  Admin →

    Let me put you in touch with one of our Technical Support Agents to investigate this. Please call at 1-888-265-3733. Our experts are available 24/7 by phone.

  17. AOL Gold is as terrible as it's been since day 1. It sucks up so much memory, RAM, and resources that it makes both of my computers run ver

    AOL Gold is as terrible as it's been since day 1. It sucks up so much memory, RAM, and resources that it makes both of my computers run very slowly. AOL has been promising to improve it since Day 1, and it never gets better. Every platform that AOL used before Gold worked so much better than this disaster.I'm glad that Verizon sold AOL so maybe the new owners will care enough to improve it.

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  General  ·  Admin →
  18. I pay for gold and your service ***

    Trying to solve my mail problem for 1 week and getting no help

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    1 comment  ·  Admin →
  19. Features need to work!

    FIX SPELL CHECK! Asked until blue in face and nothing done and I am ignored, without response despite several requests! Click on "ADD TO DICTIONARY" and it does not, etc. You eliminated the "Ignore It," option also. This has gone for months without a fix, or rely. Further, for months heard once that you were working on why free McAfee cant be downloaded. How many more months needed to fix this??? Still my computer unprotected and you ignore all requests for update on what is happening! Gold goes down regularly and your firm ignores paying customers. WHY? Mail slow, adds…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  Account  ·  Admin →
  20. Improve Account Verification

    ACCOUNT VERIFICATION
    Improve your account verification process! I recently bought a new computer, installed AOL Desktop Gold and then you folks wouldn't allow me to use my email and sent me a verification code for security purposes at my recovery Gmail address. I entered the verification code into AOL Desktop Gold and instead of just accepting it and bringing me to my AOL email, a pop up appeared insisting I secure my account and reset my password. What's the point of a verification code to a recovery email address if you're going to force me to reset my password…

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    Reviewed  ·  0 comments  ·  Mail  ·  Admin →
  • Don't see your idea?

Feedback and Knowledge Base