how do I delete all email from one sender

I want to delete old emails from certain senders but Apple email on my iPad does not permit marking all emails found by search. I have over 4000 emails and need to delete most because they are old.

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Posted on May 3, 2014 5:06 AM

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Posted on Jun 26, 2017 8:59 AM

I just found one workaround on the icloud mail web page. Press CONTROL A (don't pick up your fingers) and then the trash icon. If you want to select one sender, search for them first. I just did 6 months of security cam emails in about 2 minutes.

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Jun 26, 2017 8:59 AM in response to colorado springs

I just found one workaround on the icloud mail web page. Press CONTROL A (don't pick up your fingers) and then the trash icon. If you want to select one sender, search for them first. I just did 6 months of security cam emails in about 2 minutes.

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Dec 6, 2017 8:51 AM in response to abbott007

Ok so, after experimenting A LOT, and searching in other forums, I finally did it.

So:


1) search in the imbox the sender you want to delet the messeges form.

2) Tap on “Edit” (top right corner)

3) Check the first mail from the list.

4) Hold the “move” option (lower part of the screen, in the middle)

5) While holding the “move” option, deselect the first e-mail you selected before.

6) Release all of your fingers from the screen.

7) now yo have the option to move all the messeges in the search result of your sender anywhere. In this case, the trash can.

8) Delete all messeges from trash. DONE

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Apr 7, 2016 9:28 AM in response to abbott007

I Have the same problem. It doesn't appear that the iPad or iPhone mail apps allow group action once a specific search criteria has been executed.


If this is true, then the only option for a time-saving group action is an "all or nothing" within a given mailbox. Otherwise, I have to select each email one at a time, which I don't have the time to do.


Please, Apple, provide a fix for this!!! I'm not a programmer, but how hard would it be to allow a group action after a search has been executed?


Thanks for your consideration.

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Aug 3, 2016 8:25 PM in response to JimHdk

I use to be able to delete emails in the Apple mail app on the iPhone and iPad before ios7 and now we cannot. If Apple is all about being efficient and making the world an easier place to live and work in; then why make things harder by changing something that was not broken? So the question remains why did Apple break it?

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Dec 3, 2016 5:56 AM in response to abbott007

I agree that this is frustrating. Apple, please fix this. For instance, I get daily email

Ails from several news sources. I want to delet them in batches, but can't. I also assume that since they are not a dialogue, there is thread that can be deleted. Can this be addressed?

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