Q: How can I mass-unflag all of my flagged mail in the OS X Mavericks Mail app?

I recently went ahead and accidently mass-flagged a selected many messages that I meant to mark read. I've been trying to find a way to mass-unflag them, but to no avail.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Dec 17, 2013 7:55 PM

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Q: How can I mass-unflag all of my flagged mail in the OS X Mavericks Mail app?

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by William Lloyd,

William Lloyd Dec 17, 2013 8:07 PM in response to borninla
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Dec 17, 2013 8:07 PM in response to borninla

Yes. Just select all the flagged messages (use the flagged smart mailbox for this), then right click and select the [x] flag.
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by borninla,

borninla Dec 17, 2013 8:11 PM in response to William Lloyd
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Dec 17, 2013 8:11 PM in response to William Lloyd

And how can I do that? I don't have any smart mailboxes set up, only the Flagged mailbox under "Mailboxes"
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by William Lloyd,

William Lloyd Dec 17, 2013 8:56 PM in response to borninla
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Dec 17, 2013 8:56 PM in response to borninla

Select the flagged mailbox and then select the messages in it. With 31,000 flagged messages, this may take a while ;-)
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by borninla,

borninla Dec 17, 2013 9:28 PM in response to William Lloyd
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Dec 17, 2013 9:28 PM in response to William Lloyd

There is no way I'll be able to select each message, haha...

I was hoping for something like right click on the mailbox and select all, so i could do it instantly.
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by Dmitriy Borodko,Helpful

Dmitriy Borodko Oct 25, 2015 10:47 PM in response to borninla
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Oct 25, 2015 10:47 PM in response to borninla

Go to "Flagged" folder, select one message from this box, then click "⌘" + "a" (select all), press on flag icon and select the marked flag (should be red, by default). This will unmark all mails.
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by JRGH,

JRGH Dec 9, 2015 5:05 PM in response to Dmitriy Borodko
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Dec 9, 2015 5:05 PM in response to Dmitriy Borodko

Thank you!!!!
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by bob_sporle,

bob_sporle Mar 12, 2016 5:07 AM in response to Dmitriy Borodko
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Mar 12, 2016 5:07 AM in response to Dmitriy Borodko

Legend, thanks!
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by Brendaakacharlie,

Brendaakacharlie Jun 16, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Dmitriy Borodko
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Jun 16, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Dmitriy Borodko

THats only helpful if you have a mac. What about on an iphone?
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