iOS 10 Mail delete all function?

I Have just installed the new ios10 update and for some reason have lost the delete/trash all function in the mail app.

The delete button is greyed out and when you select all, you can only flag a post of mark as read/unread.


Am I missing something?

iPhone 6, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 12:50 PM

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Posted on Nov 18, 2017 6:07 AM

Hi, I assume you found a way to solve this but I had same problem and found this solution .. just in case anyone else is looking ..


- go to inbox

- click on edit

- select the top message only

- select the MOVE button at the bottom and hold it

- unselect the top message

- all messages will go into one and open in a fresh window - it will tell you how many there are - then click on the trash can below it .. all mail in that inbox will be deleted

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Dec 23, 2016 2:17 AM in response to Yarli

I am an IOS user since version 2 and I've been doing Beta tests since version 9. When 10 came out I reported the loss of the delete all the same day I did the upgrade. I have also reported it after every update. I never get a reply from Apple. It's sad to be on version 10 of an OS and the company still doesn't think we are smart enough to know that we really want to ability to remove all of our emails at once. Android trusts me to do it. Maybe it's time for a change.

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