Can no longer select all or delete all emails in IOS 18.2

As well with looking at the trash folder, there is no longer the option to select all and empty the trash all at once.

Hopefully this is just an oversight(bug)

We have the select button but it no longer gives you the option to “select all”. This means you have to go one by one. Not convenient at all when you have multiple mailboxes.

Hello

Yes same issue with mail in 18.2. Just tried the two finger approach

and it worked. So that was helpful, still don’t have an “edit” button, but at

least I can delete all emails at once.

Thank whoever wrote that tip.

My edit and select all reappeared after I tried the technique shared above. I took two fingers and swiped right on my listed email. The old options showed up where I could multi select or select all and then trash.

For reasons known only to Apple, when using the native Mail App, the Inbox doesn't have a Select All button. However, you can easily and rapidly select multiple mail messages - and then select Delete...

If required, start by searching the mailbox by Sender or suitable keyword - and/or combining with a filtered view in the Mail App sidebar:

Flag and filter emails on iPad - Apple Support

Next, either tap the Select/Edit button at top-right of the Mail sidebar - or tap with two fingers within the sidebar; simply swipe your finger down (or up) the left-side of the message list to bulk select Mail Messages. Swipe below the bottom edge to rapidly select all the visible email messages.

Once selected, tap the Delete button at the bottom of the sidebar.

I have the same issue after updating. Have you any fix yet ?

No select button is available

Come on Apple fix it now, or are your highly paid tec employees not up to the job.

If you have mail categories switched on (primary, transactions, updates, promotions), just swipe the cards to the left (one finger swipe works) to reveal ‘All Mail’.

Click “Select” in the top right corner.

You then see the “Select All” option on the left, like you used to have.

It wasn’t obvious that there was one more category available.

Lindy2025 wrote:

I also can't delete any emails at all in any folder. This makes it super difficult to find emails and their new categories systems doesn't make this easier. Also, there were new companies that I got deliveries from and others that used to end up in my junk folder. Now there is nothing in my junk folder. So what, now I'll always miss important emails???

Please fix this issue Apple

Turn off categories

You can quickly view all emails in an inbox. Swipe left on the categories at the top of the inbox to open All Mail.

1. Go to the Mail app  on your iPhone.
2. In an inbox, tap  at the top of the screen, then choose List View.

Use categories in Mail on iPhone - Apple Support

The two finger swipe works! Thank you very much. I get hundreds of emails a day. Deleting them individually is not an option.

TM_639 wrote:

We have the select button but it no longer gives you the option to “select all”. This means you have to go one by one. Not convenient at all when you have multiple mailboxes.

Have you read my earlier reply to this thread of 21st December - in which I describe a method to quickly select and delete multiple mail messages?

I also can't delete any emails at all in any folder. This makes it super difficult to find emails and their new categories systems doesn't make this easier. Also, there were new companies that I got deliveries from and others that used to end up in my junk folder. Now there is nothing in my junk folder. So what, now I'll always miss important emails???

Please fix this issue Apple