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Q: How do i select multiple emails on iPad to delete? (Gmail)

I have hundreds of emails to delete from my Gmail account linked to both my iPhone and iPad. Multiple select works on my iPhone, but i can't seem to select all emails on the iPad.  I think since they're linked together, the iPhone emails keep coming back. I'm on ios 7.1 on both.

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Posted on Mar 23, 2014 5:34 PM

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Q: How do i select multiple emails on iPad to delete? (Gmail)

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  • by Ralph Landry1,

    Ralph Landry1 Mar 23, 2014 5:37 PM in response to Need Help...
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    Mar 23, 2014 5:37 PM in response to Need Help...

    The mail program works the same on both devices, in the Mailbox, Edit and check all of those to delete, then tap Delete, then Mailboxes > Gmail account > Trash > Edit and Delete All and confirm Delete All.

  • by Ralph Landry1,

    Ralph Landry1 Mar 23, 2014 5:38 PM in response to Need Help...
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    Mar 23, 2014 5:38 PM in response to Need Help...

    The Gmail IMAP server should be deleting them from the server, check your Settings > Mail > Account information to make sure something is not set to retain the emails.

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    Need Help... Need Help... Mar 23, 2014 5:40 PM in response to Ralph Landry1
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    Mar 23, 2014 5:40 PM in response to Ralph Landry1

    thx. Tried a number of times, but iPad is not functioning the same as the iPhone.    i'm trying to select all emails, as i have so many +1,500. 

  • by Ralph Landry1,

    Ralph Landry1 Mar 23, 2014 5:50 PM in response to Need Help...
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    Mar 23, 2014 5:50 PM in response to Need Help...

    Do a reboot by holding both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears, ignore the red slider if that appears, then see if the iPad works right.  A few days ago, Verizon notified they were changing the email server names and ports and SSL settings...had to change my MacBook Pro, iMac, iPhone and iPad...absolute nightmare.  Only way to get the iPhone and iPad to work right was a reboot.  Then they did what they were supposed to do.

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    Need Help... Need Help... Mar 23, 2014 6:12 PM in response to Ralph Landry1
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    Mar 23, 2014 6:12 PM in response to Ralph Landry1

    Thanks, Ralph.  tried rebooting both the iPhone and iPad.  Each having their own "issue".  when i delete all emails from iPhone to trash they go away for a couple minutes, then re-appear (and i've deleted all from my Gmail account).  So they must still be in the iPhone.  The iPad just won't let me do the mulitple select at all. 

     

    Too much time invested tonight, so likely need to take them in to Genius bar to figure it out.  thanks a lot for trying!

  • by Ralph Landry1,

    Ralph Landry1 Mar 23, 2014 7:30 PM in response to Need Help...
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    Mar 23, 2014 7:30 PM in response to Need Help...

    You are welcome, and good luck with the genius bar folks.

  • by FALcatkin,

    FALcatkin FALcatkin Mar 23, 2014 8:58 PM in response to Need Help...
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    Mar 23, 2014 8:58 PM in response to Need Help...

    thing 1:

         go into Settings > Mail > your gmail account > Advanced > Move Discarded Messages into  and check Deleted Mailbox instead of Archive Mailbox

     

    thing 2:

         the Select All feature for deleting all your mail in a mailbox magically disappeared a little while ago.  There is a workaround (a kluge really), but it means you really do have to delete ALL the messages in the mailbox:

     

    go to the mailbox you want to delete all the mail from

    select any one message

    press and hold the move button, and while you are still holding it, deselect the email you selected

    wait a few seconds

    it will select ALL the emails with an option to move, and you can move them to the trash

     

    Unlike the Select All method that used to be possible, you willn ot get a list of selected emails with the option to deselect some of them.  So if there were a few you wanted to keep, you will have to go to the trash box, find them and rescue them.

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    Need Help... Need Help... Mar 24, 2014 6:17 PM in response to FALcatkin
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    Mar 24, 2014 6:17 PM in response to FALcatkin

    Thanks, Fatcatkin!!  Yup, all that stuff was in place, and exactly how i was deleting on the iPhone.  ...they disappear for a bit, but still magically come back - all 1,500 of them... The iPad doesn't respond to that sequence of events at all...  seems Apple keeps changing things that should be simple, to make us try to figure it out. 

  • by FALcatkin,

    FALcatkin FALcatkin Mar 24, 2014 7:11 PM in response to Need Help...
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    Mar 24, 2014 7:11 PM in response to Need Help...

    go to the Gmail server and update your settings there as well, they may also be set to archive.  This is what Barney-15E  posted a while back:

     

    Screen shot 2013-12-30 at 12.17.38 AM.png

  • by Texas Mac Man,

    Texas Mac Man Texas Mac Man Mar 24, 2014 7:19 PM in response to Need Help...
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    Mar 24, 2014 7:19 PM in response to Need Help...

    How to Delete Email on the iPad

    http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Guide/ss/How-To-Delete-Email-On-The-Ipad.htm

     

    How to Mass Delete Emails from iPhone and iPad Inbox (with video)

    http://suiteminute.com/how-to-mass-delete-emails-from-iphone-and-ipad-inbox/

     

     

     Cheers, Tom