David Bedford
Level 1 (106 points)
iPad

Q: iOS 10 mail...no delete all

Where has this option gone in iOS 10 Mail? You can no longer delete all in sent mail..

Real pain having to delete each on in turn.

 

is there a way round this anyone please?

david

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 11:45 PM

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  • by iLiketo,

    iLiketo iLiketo Sep 23, 2016 12:38 PM in response to David Bedford
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    Sep 23, 2016 12:38 PM in response to David Bedford

    Same issue, when using ios9 with iPhone 6s, mail app permitted "delete all" option

    in Junk mail.  Made it quick and efficient way to rid this nuisance stuff.  Now, ios10 has

    dropped the "delete all" option in Junk mail. NOT GOOD!!!  I use Outlook(Hotmail).  I found

    by deleting the Outlook Mail account and recreating using Hotmail as the account, the issue

    is resolved.  Same email account, same emails, just not registered as Outlook.  Go figure????

  • by OldGuy1955,

    OldGuy1955 OldGuy1955 Sep 26, 2016 11:37 AM in response to David Bedford
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iPhone
    Sep 26, 2016 11:37 AM in response to David Bedford

    I have a Hotmail account.  When I added it to iOS 10, I used the outlook.com link in Settings/Mail/Accounts/Add Account to add it.  In doing so, even though I entered my hotmail address, it stored it as my Outlook address and I had the same problem.

     

    If you add your account using the "Other" link, it should work.  I can now empty my Junk Folder using Edit/Delete All.

     

    The downside to this is it only added my mail account.  I went back in and added the Outlook Link and then turned off mail, leaving only calendar, contacts, and notes.  May not be an ideal solution but it seems to work.

     

    I think the problem may be with the new format for Outlook.  I wish these companies would quit fixing something that isn't broke!

  • by David Bedford,

    David Bedford David Bedford Sep 26, 2016 11:45 AM in response to OldGuy1955
    Level 1 (106 points)
    iPad
    Sep 26, 2016 11:45 AM in response to OldGuy1955

    Its the sent folder which does not have delete all. Once in junk or trash (rubbish) as I'm a Brit!, then Apple can trust us! What I don't understand is that if we could delete all in sent it would jits end up in Trash giving us one last chance to revowe before finally saying good-bye.

  • by larryincmh,

    larryincmh larryincmh Sep 26, 2016 12:15 PM in response to David Bedford
    Level 1 (19 points)
    iPad
    Sep 26, 2016 12:15 PM in response to David Bedford

    David,

     

    I totally agree and this signifies you as an intelligent user!!  It seems, however, that as with many things in this day and age the companies have to dumb down things to the least common denominator and that seems to be people who have no concept of the word "all", or find it too daunting to actually have to think when using the software, so they take things away to idiot-proof them.  So, those of us with a tad bit of sense are left to scratch our heads and wonder about the fate of humanity!!!!

  • by 2nancywhite,

    2nancywhite 2nancywhite Oct 1, 2016 12:22 PM in response to larryincmh
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iPad
    Oct 1, 2016 12:22 PM in response to larryincmh

    I agree, we need trash all back!

  • by shawnfromboulder creek,

    shawnfromboulder creek shawnfromboulder creek Oct 3, 2016 12:36 PM in response to mariotheplumber
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    Oct 3, 2016 12:36 PM in response to mariotheplumber

    Interesting, I replied to this post, but my reply evaporated into the void.

    THanks apple for making this so reliable.

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