I have an IPhone 6 and I have over 1000 emails that I want to delete how do I mass delete the whole bunch?

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I have an IPhone 6 and I have over 1000 emails that I want to delete how do I mass delete the whole bunch?

I have over 1000 emails and I want to delete them all at one time. Is there a way to do this. I have tried to EDIT.....select the FIRST email and hold down the MOVE button and uncheck the first email. A screen pops up telling me to choose a box to delete them and I choose the trash, it looks like it is dropping the emails into trash but they never get there.

I leave the phone alone for awhile but it never transfers the mail to the trash folder.

mass email delete

Posted on May 6, 2015 6:27 AM

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Answer 1

D.Cohen

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May 6, 2015 6:33 AM in response to Coachjv

Try accessing your mail account in your computer browser and deleting the emails there. In this case, they will be deleted from server and won't sync with your iPhone.

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Answer 2

May 6, 2015 6:38 AM in response to Coachjv

Apparently it takes two hands

Go to Inbox

Select "Edit"-Button at top right

Select the first email in your folder.

Release that finger.

Press the Move button at bottom and keep it pressed.

While still holding the Move button, deselect the first email using first finger.

Now release both fingers and wait a few seconds

Now Mail should prompt you where to move all of your emails

Select the trash folder

From the trash folder, you can delete all items at once.

Instructions modified H/T to

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/138612/how-can-i-delete-all-from-inbox- or-sent-mail-folder-in-ios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKa-KFjUIGE

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Coachjv Author

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May 6, 2015 6:47 AM in response to Sparkleberry

I tried doing what you have said, I get the screen that shows the number of emails and it says to choose where to send the messages and I choose the TRASH file. It appears to dump the emails in the trash but they never show up there....they remain in my INBOX. What am I doing wrong ?????

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Answer 4

May 6, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Coachjv

Did you watch the YouTube video? The action begins around 1:40

I just followed the directions on my iPhone and it worked.

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