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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Oct 5, 2016 7:33 PM in response to Alisonlowe76

I Just now discovered how to delete all. Try it it works!!!



  1. Go to your Inbox folder.
  2. Tap on the "Edit"-Button on the top right.
  3. Select the first email in your list.
  4. Hold down the "Move" button.
  5. While you are still holding the "Move"-Button, deselect the first E-Mail.
  6. Put away all your fingers from the screen and wait a few seconds.
  7. Now Mail asks you where to move ALL of your emails.

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Oct 5, 2016 7:35 PM in response to gmumma

I Just now found out how to delete all.


  1. Go to your Inbox folder.
  2. Tap on the "Edit"-Button on the top right.
  3. Select the first email in your list.
  4. Hold down the "Move" button.
  5. While you are still holding the "Move"-Button, deselect the first E-Mail.
  6. Put away all your fingers from the screen and wait a few seconds.
  7. Now Mail asks you where to move ALL of your emails.

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Oct 6, 2016 7:21 AM in response to i_rina

irina_w


Follow these instructions and you should be able to delete all messages in a folder.

  1. open the Mail app
  2. select the Mail folder you want to empty
  3. in the upper right hand corner tap Edit
  4. at the bottom you should see Mark All and Delete All in blue
  5. select Delete All and it will ask you again, Delete All or Cancel
  6. select Delete All and it will delete all the email in that folder

This is the functionality we had in iOS 9. iOS 10 does not work this way. There is no Delete All.

Oct 6, 2016 9:56 AM in response to Jodimnewman

I tried this and somehow ended up with 448 supposedly unread emails but can't seem to find them anywhere. They were originally deleted but now seem to be "ghost" emails. I've emptied the trash and all other folders, rebooted my iPad 3 times and still can't find them to delete them. Very annoying!

I wish Apple would provide better, more concise release notes when pushing out a new version!

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