Hansrainergerd
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Q: Deleting mails older 1 year

I have an iPhone 5s and more than 10.000 mails. All Mails older than 1 year could be deleted. How can I do this avoiding to delete each single Mail needing many hours?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Jun 19, 2016 1:18 AM

by mabaeyens,Solvedanswer
mabaeyens mabaeyens
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A:

Those who are kept in your inbox or any other folder need to be removed manually unless your webmail client or desktop client has options to do that, which is likely to happen, just search those emails and then delete. You cannot do that from the Mail app though, and not sure if you could do it from a third party app.

 

If you are using iCloud accounts, go to Settings > Mail, Contact, Calendars > tap in your account > Advanced > Mail > Advanced > Deleted messages > set it to "remove after one month" or whatever other option, but they need to be marked as deleted anyways.

 

And last but not least, you can create a rule in your email server so all emails older than 1 year, go directly to trash, or even delete them, but again, not in the iOS Mail app.

 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201419

Posted on Jun 20, 2016 2:02 AM

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  • by mabaeyens,Solvedanswer

    mabaeyens mabaeyens Jun 20, 2016 2:02 AM in response to Hansrainergerd
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    Jun 20, 2016 2:02 AM in response to Hansrainergerd

    Those who are kept in your inbox or any other folder need to be removed manually unless your webmail client or desktop client has options to do that, which is likely to happen, just search those emails and then delete. You cannot do that from the Mail app though, and not sure if you could do it from a third party app.

     

    If you are using iCloud accounts, go to Settings > Mail, Contact, Calendars > tap in your account > Advanced > Mail > Advanced > Deleted messages > set it to "remove after one month" or whatever other option, but they need to be marked as deleted anyways.

     

    And last but not least, you can create a rule in your email server so all emails older than 1 year, go directly to trash, or even delete them, but again, not in the iOS Mail app.

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201419

  • by Hansrainergerd,

    Hansrainergerd Hansrainergerd Jun 20, 2016 2:07 AM in response to mabaeyens
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    Jun 20, 2016 2:07 AM in response to mabaeyens

    Thank you for these details. I will try the way through my mail-server, that seems to be the most successful solution. Thank you again, you were very helpful.

  • by mabaeyens,Helpful

    mabaeyens mabaeyens Jun 20, 2016 3:50 AM in response to Hansrainergerd
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    Jun 20, 2016 3:50 AM in response to Hansrainergerd

    Glad to help!