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Pat Br
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Q: Re"  iPhone 4  -  I now have 1800+ e-mails on my  phone.  How do I EASILY delete all but 50?  (Note:  about 2 months ago, I had about 50 e-mails on phone.  An Apple update about that time caused me to have 400 or so.  Suddenly I have 1800

Re"  iPhone 4  -  I now have 1800+ e-mails on my  phone.  How do I EASILY delete all but 50?  (Note:  about 2 months ago, I had about 50 e-mails on phone.  An Apple update about that time caused me to have 400 or so.  Suddenly I have 1800

iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 1, 2014 9:45 AM

by pdroth,Solvedanswer
pdroth pdroth
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A:

If you have an IMAP style account, deleting them off of your mail server should remove them from your phone.

 

If you have POP mail, then when you did your update the phone downloaded ALL of your mail from the server.   You would have to delete it again, AND remove on the server so it doens't happen again.

Posted on May 1, 2014 9:57 AM

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  • by pdroth,Solvedanswer

    pdroth pdroth May 1, 2014 9:57 AM in response to Pat Br
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    May 1, 2014 9:57 AM in response to Pat Br

    If you have an IMAP style account, deleting them off of your mail server should remove them from your phone.

     

    If you have POP mail, then when you did your update the phone downloaded ALL of your mail from the server.   You would have to delete it again, AND remove on the server so it doens't happen again.

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    Pat Br Pat Br May 1, 2014 10:14 AM in response to Pat Br
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    May 1, 2014 10:14 AM in response to Pat Br

    I have POP server.  Deleted all but 50 messages from the server and set up my account anew.  Thank you