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How to Delete Multiple Emails at Once

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Gmail - Select all

Click the select-all checkbox at the top of your inbox to select every visible email, or click 'Select all conversations that match this search' to select your entire inbox.

Gmail - Search, then delete

To delete emails only from a certain sender or time period, type your filter into the search bar first, then select and delete the results.

Outlook

Hold Ctrl and click multiple emails, or hold Shift to select a range, then click delete to remove them all at once.

Consider unsubscribing before deleting

For repeated promotional emails, unsubscribing first is more efficient than deleting the same sender's messages over and over.

You can clear out thousands of emails at once

An inbox left unattended for a long time tends to fill up with promotional mail and spam. Using search filters and select-all instead of deleting one by one makes cleanup fast.

Running low on storage?

If your mailbox is nearly full, deleting large attachments first -- rather than every old email -- often frees up the most space with the least effort.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I recover an email after deleting it?

Most email services keep deleted messages in a trash folder for a set period, so you can usually recover them within that window.

How do I delete every email from one specific sender?

Type that sender's email address into the search bar to filter the results, then select all and delete to clear out just their messages.