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[chrisgixer]

I have 1300 emails over various accounts.

I want to delete them all in one go, and find a way of dealing with them better. I can not be arsed to sit there and delete each one in turn.

Also, I do not use email for work so I am not familiar with its ins and outs. So if any it bods out there want to get derisory for something they know well and I dont, please come and visit me at MY work one day and we'll see how well you do when out of YOUR comfort zone.

Otherwise, any advice please. This has by no means been prompted by recent coverage on the problem by Click on the bbc of course. There are some apps that help with large numbers of emails by the sound of it. Any experience there?

[05omegav6]

You should have a check all box at the top of your email page. Check that then click delete. It might only shift them a page at a time, so 10-50 emails depending on screen size

[4x4]

Go into pc world and find the biggest screen 

[chrisgixer]

There is a mark all button under edit on the iPad, but only gives the option to flag or mark as read, it will not allow delete all.

I suspect it's as you describe if I log in on the wb page, but even that I can not be bothered with. How tedious.

I would consider deleting the account first. Tbh.

[zirk]

First question really is your mail POP3 or iMAP, if the later you best to do your deletions on the main mail server otherwise your going to be all over the place with your devices.

[chrisgixer]

It's crApple, so it's prety good at cloud stuff and updating each device

I have now idea what the differance between pop3 or IMAP is. Imo it shouldn't make any odds, it should Work a whole lot better than it does generally on very basic level.

[The Sheriff]

Try this Chris


>> Open Inbox >> Edit  >> Check/select the top message; it will highlight the move button.

>> Press and hold the move button and uncheck the message that you had checked earlier.

>> Lift all your fingers off from the ipad screen and leave it alone. Wait until all your messages pile up on the right hand portion of the screen (in ipad); iphone will give you the actual number of emails it has selected for the action. Now they are just waiting for your command to be moved ALL at once.

>> Choose trash to delete all of them or any other folder where u want to move them, like one piece. Remember this will replicate your action on the server so you will ACTUALLY move them or delete them on the server and not just the ipad.

Once you have moved all messages to the trash you can either leave them there for the scheduled cleaning or empty it right away by doing this: go to trash folder and touch Edit. The Delete All button shows up at the bottom of the screen. Hit it! You’re done!

[The Sheriff]

1. Please give enough time (could take up to several minutes depending the number of emails to be moved) for the emails to be selected for the move. Your screen will become unresponsive while all emails are being packaged. Once emails are ready, in ipad, you will see them zoomed out on the right hand side of the screen, and in iphone you will see the message showing you the actual number of messages that have been selected.

2. Avoid purging very large number of emails, the mail app might freeze or crash. If your inbox has thousands of emails change your sync settings in mail settings to fill lesser number of emails in your inbox.

3. [Added Jul 20, 2014 by Adrian] Many people have reported needing to repeat the above procedure several times before it succeeds. (I too have found this to be necessary a few times on my iPhone but not on my iPad—go figure.) So my final tip is to repeat the procedure 3-4 times if the mail doesn’t disappear the first time. In my experience, if your messages disappear momentarily and then reappear, repeating the procedure will eventually make them stay deleted for good.

4. [Added Sep 18, 2014 by Adrian] If you are using IOS 8, there is a setting that may reduce emails piling up on your device! Go to Settings -> Messages and select Keep Messages under the Message History header. You’ll be able to choose to keep your messages for 30 Days, 1 Year, or Forever.

[chrisgixer]

Is there any point me reading that? Really?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Will you be deleting the 'personal' emails from STMO?

[Vamps]

You should have a check all box at the top of your email page. Check that then click delete. It might only shift them a page at a time, so 10-50 emails depending on screen size

Yep, that's how I do mine, I get loads of spam................

[chrisgixer]

Ffs I've got ESTA sending me pm's and "advice" now. Which obviously means email alerts.

[The Sheriff]

Is there any point me reading that? Really?

Worked for me, but I only have about twenty emails. I know it's a bit technical for the likes of you, but give it a try. What's the worst that can happen?



Effin scrote.