iOS 10 Mail delete all function?

Apple does not even care about these posts here...

WOW, this is frustrating! I too am going to have to use a Windows machine for this task daily unril this is fixed! Why remove such a small, yet helpful feature!? Anyone have the link to report a bug to Apple??

Worth trying, but FYI for anyone else also using Exchange: deleting and recreatinf my mail account on my iPhone 6 did NOT work!

Here is a workaround (until apple realizes this feature is necessary):

1. go to the individual inbox you wish to delete all

2. Tap "edit" in the top right corner

3. select any email (this will make "move" [bottom center] an option)

4. Tap and hold "move"

5. while holding move tap to de-select the email from step 3

6. Release "move" (this will bring up a list of destinations to move the emails)

7. Tap trash (this will move all your emails to the trash)

Seems to me this is a bug. I mean, the same issue applies to flagging! I can flag all my email, but can't unflag all my emai!!! i learnt the hard way! The question is, will Apple just say it was designed that way?

Are you missing something? Yes you are. Go to Trash and select Edit. Now, without selecting any of the emails, hit the blue Delete All in the bottom right corner of the screen; all emails are then deleted. Note: If you start selecting emails the system assumes you are being 'selective' and the Delete All option is changed to Delete.

That's the point. That's how we expect it to work, but in IOS 10 it doesn't. At least for the majority of us on his thread.

It works for me in iOS 10.

smeetshim Sep 22, 2016 4:30 AM in response to Alisonlowe76

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Sep 22, 2016 4:30 AM in response to Alisonlowe76

Are you missing something? Yes you are. Go to Trash and select Edit. Now, without selecting any of the emails, hit the blue Delete All in the bottom right corner of the screen; all emails are then deleted. Note: If you start selecting emails the system assumes you are being 'selective' and the Delete All option is changed to Delete.

You're missing the point of this discussion. It is not a problem to Delete All item that are already in the trash. Theissue is Delete All is missing from the InBox.

Precisely. The previous version allowed us to Delete All straight from Inbox as well as Trash.

Apologies!

Smeetshim, the fact that your IOS mail app works makes me think we can get ours to do the same too. Did you completely restore your Apple device to IOS 10 OR did you just do the standard in-line IOS 10 upgrade? Also what Apple device are you using? iPhone x? or an iPad?

Subfolders are the issue, not Trash.

There is a reply in this forum from someone who purports to be an Apple representative saying that this feature now only exists in the "Trash" box in iOS 10 Mail. I found it very helpful to clean out old emails that stack up in the inbox and sent boxes as well. Obviosly Apple decided this feature was too "dangerous" for normal folk to use. I disagree and would like to see "delete all/trash all" returned in a later iteration of iOS 10. After all, you did have to got to edit before the feature could be used, so it was not just sitting there to be accidentally selected. The "Apple rep" suggested that people voice their opinions on this matter so that it might be reconsidered. I hope this is the appropriate place for that posting. Thank you for listening.

Go to your inbox, Tap Edit, then Mark All, and then Mark All as Read. This will then close the Edit mode.Tap Edit again, and tap the top message in the inbox. Press and hold the Move button with your thumb. While holding the Move button, uncheck the top message, and then release the Move button. If you have a large number of emails in the inbox, wait a couple of seconds without touching your screen.