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
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
I have the new iPhone 7 and (came with factory installed iOS 10) and the "trash all" is not there either (nor is it in my iPhone 6 that I updated to iOS 10) so I do not believe it is a "bug" but an intentional change by Apple. I sure hope they realize their mistake and give us back the "trash all" feature ASAP.
Thanks for posting this. 🙂 It's cumbersome, but it works.
I Want to know why they took away this feature yet again. Who at apple thinks nobody wants to selleft ALL their emails in the junk folder and trash them all at once??? Yea now I have to click on each one and then click trash. Very time consuming since I get a bunch of junk email. Thanks for nothing apple.
I hate this too but there is a published workaround to use in the meantime. It is clearly a UI bug that I'm sure Apple will patch if you guys submit at apple.com/feedback. This isn't the end of the world. Please chillax.
No, this is not a bug. It is an arbitrary, purposeful Apple decision to play nanny and save us from ourselves. Further, the workaround is extremely difficult to impossible for people who only have the use of one hand. No, it is not the end of the world, but it is a major step backward in functionality and useability. Apple should re-add the Trash All/Delete All functionality in the next release of iOS 10, presumably 10.0.3.
I agree--everybody should send in feedback about this. Here's the link again.
From the Inbox, select "Edit" from the top right, then select "Mark All" from the lower left. You should be able to select "Move" or "Trash" all selected.
"From the Inbox, select "Edit" from the top right, then select "Mark All" from the lower left. You should be able to select "Move" or "Trash" all selected."
Not possible for most users, for us Flag or Mark as Read are the only options.
I am needless to say having same issue, no delete all for email. Please fix this ASAP.
It's a bit of a pain in the *** but I found this work around:
>> Open Inbox >> Edit >> Mark All >> Mark As Read
>> Open Inbox >> Edit >> Check/select the top message; it will highlight the move button.
>> Press and hold the move button and uncheck the message that you had checked earlier.
>> Lift all your fingers off from the ipad screen. iphone will give you the actual number of emails it has selected for the action.
>> Choose trash to delete all of them or any other folder where u want to move them, like one piece. Remember this will replicate your action on the server so you will ACTUALLY move them or delete them on the server and not just the iphone.
IIt's only on my iPad Air too? My iPhone 6+ has been upgraded and I still have the 'old' function of deleting blocks of emails.... which suggests, surely, that it's a glitch? Come on Apple, pick this up please it's REALLY annoying
Doesn't work. Big pain in the behind!
IIt's only on my iPad Air too? My iPhone 6+ has been upgraded and I still have the 'old' function of deleting blocks of emails.... which suggests, surely, that it's a glitch? Come on Apple, pick this up please it's REALLY annoying
iOS 10 Mail delete all function?
