Is there a way to mass delete emails in Gmail?
To delete all emails on Gmail, click the "Select all" box, then "Select all conversations." Use your search bar to find emails from specific senders for mass deletion. If you accidentally delete an email, you can recover it from the Trash folder within 30 days.
Delete multiple emails at once
Tap Edit in the upper-right corner, then individually select the emails that you want to delete, or tap Select All. To select multiple emails quickly, swipe down through the checkboxes. Tap Trash or Archive.
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- On your computer, open Gmail. You can't delete all messages from the Gmail app.
- At the top left, check the box to select all messages on the page. If you have over 25 messages, you can click Select all conversations.
- Click Delete .
- Delete big attachments. ...
- Delete entire categories. ...
- Unsubscribe from annoying lists. ...
- Block unwanted senders. ...
- Delete by sender. ...
- Delete by date. ...
- Delete by content. ...
- Create new labels.
How to select multiple emails in Gmail (Android and iOS) If you're on the Gmail app for either Android or iOS, selecting multiple emails comes down to only using your finger. Long-press the first email, and when a tick appears on the left, tap the other ones you want to select.
- Filter Emails. To get started, log into your Gmail inbox as you'd always do. ...
- Select all messages. Next, check a little box under the the search bar to select all displayed messages. ...
- Select all Conversations. ...
- Delete all Messages. ...
- Empty Trash.
- Select The First 50 Emails In Gmail. Log into your gmail account, at the top click the blank square shown in the example below. ...
- Select All Emails In Your Gmail. ...
- Finally Delete All Your Emails In Gmail.
- Use the advanced search operators before: and after: to select your date range in the search.
- Click the "select all" checkbox.
- Click the link to "Select all conversations that match this search"
- Note that all conversations are now selected.
- Click Delete.
- Launch the Email app.
- Navigate to the folder that contains the messages you wish to delete.
- Tap and hold any message in your Inbox to highlight it.
- Tap the small circle labeled "All” to highlight all messages. ...
- Tap the Delete button to delete all selected messages.
- Open Mail app.
- Select one folder.
- Click on the “Edit” button located in the upper right corner.
- Start selecting emails by tapping on the circle on the left.
Why can't I select all and delete emails on iPhone?
The iPhone's Mail app is convenient and simple to use, but there's no "select all" button that allows you to delete all your email at once. There is a workaround to select all your email on an iPhone — while in Edit mode, select a message, hold the move button, and then unselect the email.
- Open Gmail.
- Click Inbox on the left.
- Check the checkbox near the top of the page.
- A message tells you that you've only selected the messages on this page. Click the text that says Select all conversations in Primary.
- Click the trashcan-shaped Delete button.

- Log in to your email account.
- Enter the following search query in the search bar: older_than:1y (feel free to replace 1y with any time period you want).
- Hit Enter, select all found messages, and click the Trash bin icon.
- Move all your current emails into one folder so new messages don't interrupt the cleaning process.
- Simplify your email folder system by deleting and/or merging folders.
- Target emails by keywords, sender address, date, etc.
- Unsubscribe from newsletters you rarely read or completely ignore.
- Use the Categories.
- Block Unwanted Senders and Unsubscribe from Marketing Emails.
- Delete All Emails from Senders You Don't Care About.
- Get Rid of Old Emails.
- Create Custom Email Filters.
- Organize Emails with Gmail Labels.
- Start Using a Gmail Cleaner App.
- Clean Up Gmail Storage.
- Open Mail App.
- Under Mailboxes at the top of your screen, select Gmail.
- Click Edit in the top right of your screen.
- Click Select All in the top left corner.
- Click Move and select the Bin folder to get rid of all unwanted mailings.
Delete multiple emails
To select and delete nonconsecutive emails, click the first email, press and hold the Ctrl key, click each email that you want to delete, and then press the Delete key.
- In the Search box, type has:attachment larger:10M.
- Click Search . Note: Replace " 10 " with a higher number to delete larger files.
- Select the emails you don't need, then click Delete .
- On the left side of the page, click Menu. Trash.
- At the top, click Empty trash now.
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How to Access the Spam Folder in Gmail?
- Sign in to your Gmail account.
- Under the "Categories" section, click on "More."
- Click on "Spam" under the expanded menu.
At the top of your emails list, right next to the “Select” option, click the down-arrow icon. You'll see multiple options to select your emails. Choose an option from these: All: This selects all on-screen emails in your current folder.
Does deleting emails free up space on your phone?
Deleting emails from Gmail can free up storage space in the cloud. This is done in two steps: first you have to move the emails into the Trash, then you have to delete them from the Trash. Emails in the Trash are still counting towards your Google account's quota.
Let's take a look. Open the Mail app from the home screen of your iPhone or iPad, and head over to the inbox. Here, tap with two fingers on any of the emails as shown below. Now, without lifting your fingers, quickly drag down on the screen to multi-select all the emails that are displayed.
To select all your emails, tap Edit > Select All. Once you select all your emails, you will see a Trash button in the bottom right-hand corner. Tapping this will delete all the selected emails. If you're using IMAP email accounts, deleting them on your iPhone will also delete them from the mail server.
- You will need to be in the Settings section of your iPhone, so navigate to that screen. In the Settings section, scroll down until you find Mail. ...
- Tap on Swipe Options. ...
- Select the swipe action that you want to modify. ...
- Note that the actions available to either action is not the same.
Click on “All Mail.” Click “Edit” in the top-right corner of the screen. Click “Select All” in the top-left corner of the screen.
- Click the gear icon.
- Choose "Settings."
- Select the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.
- Click the "edit" link next to your newsletter filter.
- Click "Continue" on the create filter form without changing any of the filter criteria.
- Uncheck the "Skip the inbox (Archive it)" box.
Rather than using a sub-menu to put the items in “Select” mode and then ticking the circles that appear in each row, you can just swipe two fingers down the list to select every item in the list that your fingers touch.
Command-A: Select All items. Command-F: Find items in a document or open a Find window.
- Log in to your mail account.
- Navigate to the Inbox folder.
- Click the top checkbox.
- Click the “Select all [number] conversations in Inbox” option.
- Click the Delete button.
To delete all your emails in Gmail, go to your Inbox and type in:anywhere in the search bar. Then check the box to select all your emails and click Select all conversations that match this search. Finally, click the trash icon to delete all your emails.
How do I select large amounts of emails in Gmail?
- Open your Gmail Inbox.
- Click on the checkbox in front of the first message in your Inbox.
- Hold down the Shift key.
- Now, click on the last message, and all the others will be selected.
- Release Shift and decide what you want to do with the emails.