How do i delete all unread emails

Here's how to delete multiple unread emails at once on your iPhone, and how to delete all emails on your iPhone. These tips work for deleting emails in Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and any other email account you have synced to your Apple device. Here's the hidden workaround to mass delete all emails, or just all unread emails quickly. 

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How to Delete All Unread Emails Quickly on Your iPhone & iPad

We've already gone over how to delete or remove an email account from your iPhone. Also, be sure to check out how to add multiple Gmail accounts to your iPhone if you have more than one email account. Now, let's learn what to do if you don't want to delete your entire account. Here's how to delete multiple emails in Gmail, another email account, or All Inboxes. For more great email tutorials, check out our free Tip of the Day.

  1. Open the Mail app.iphone mail app
     
  2. Tap All Inboxes, or select a specific email account.tap all inboxes
     
  3. Tap the Filter icon at the bottom of the screen, then tap Edit in the upper-right corner.tap the filter icon, then tap edit
     
  4. Without pressing, start at the empty circle to the left of the first email you want to delete and swipe down to bottom of the page with your finger and hold it there until all the unread emails are selected. 
  5. You'll see all the circles become highlighted in blue, and the number of emails you've selected at the top of the page. If a preview of the first email pops up instead, you have used too much pressure.
  6. Once you've selected all the emails you'd like to delete, tap Trash.highlight email then tap trash
     
  7. Before I started this process, I had over five hundred unread emails in my Inbox.
  8. After a few seconds of swiping, I deleted hundreds of unread emails.deleted emails
     

If you realize at this point that you’ve messed up and don’t want to delete everything, after all, don’t panic. Undo the mass deletion by using Shake to Undo. Just give your iPhone a shake and then tap Undo. It may take a while to restore the emails.

How to Delete All Emails in Gmail, Yahoo, or the Whole Mail App on Your iPhone & iPad

If you want to delete all your emails at once in a particular Mailbox, or even All Inboxes, you can. Let's go over how to delete all emails in Gmail, or any other email account, on your iPhone.

  1. First, tap the Mailbox you'd like to empty (this could be All Inboxes, or a specific inbox like Gmail or Yahoo).choose the inbox in the mail app
     
  2. Tap Edit.tap edit to begin deleting emails
     
  3. Tap Select All.tap select all
     
  4. Now, tap Trash, and all the emails in the Mailbox will be deleted.

If you're trying to clean up space on your device, consider learning how to delete apps from your iPhone and iPad.

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How do I mass delete all unread emails?

How do you mass delete emails on Gmail? First, you need to filter your list of emails to delete. Use the Search Mail bar to search for all messages you want to delete (by Unread status, by sender, etc.). Once the list populates, click the checkbox to select all emails and then click the trashcan icon to delete.

How do I delete all unread emails on my Iphone?

Go to the inbox, choose the filter icon. Then, tap on Unread to filter by unread. Tap "Edit" in the lower left, hold and tap on the top email to select it, then tap and slide down with your finger to choose all unread emails. tap on "Move" and then select "Trash" to move unread emails to the trash bin.

How do I delete thousands of unread emails in Gmail?

In the Search bar type labels:unread. Then select the box to select all on that page. Then select all conversations that match this result. Then it will delete all of them.

How do I delete 1000 emails at once?

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..
Log in to your Gmail account. ... .
Click on the boxes next to the emails you want to permanently delete..
Click Delete forever..