David Bedford

Q: iOS 10 mail...no delete all

Where has this option gone in iOS 10 Mail? You can no longer delete all in sent mail..

Real pain having to delete each on in turn.

 

is there a way round this anyone please?

david

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 11:45 PM

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  • by johnbdh,

    johnbdh johnbdh Oct 16, 2016 4:45 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 16, 2016 4:45 PM in response to MichelPM

    Tap

    tap

    hold

    tap

    tap

     

    What's so difficult. Have you even tried, or do you just enjoy complaining.

     

    Anyone having trouble, feel free to post your steps. I will be happy to assist you.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 16, 2016 8:23 PM in response to johnbdh
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    Oct 16, 2016 8:23 PM in response to johnbdh

    Well, it's not working for everyone and others seem to be having issues with following these instructions, so NOT so simple.

     

    And you quickly outlined that it now takes five steps when two used to do take care of this action/function.

     

    Send feedback to Apple, as this is just another extra time consuming workaround that shouldn't be.

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

  • by rwaddi,

    rwaddi rwaddi Oct 17, 2016 3:22 AM in response to johnbdh
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    Oct 17, 2016 3:22 AM in response to johnbdh

    Thanks for the very clear instructions. This worked, possibly because I hadn't noticed that Trash was on the left rather than above. That is, it worked on one account (imap) but not the other (pop3). I think this is mentioned elsewhere in this correspondence.

  • by rwaddi,

    rwaddi rwaddi Oct 17, 2016 4:40 AM in response to johnbdh
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    Oct 17, 2016 4:40 AM in response to johnbdh

    Correction. I was wrong about the pop account.  The instructions have now worked worked on both my accounts.

  • by Herbiebel,

    Herbiebel Herbiebel Oct 17, 2016 5:12 AM in response to David Bedford
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    Oct 17, 2016 5:12 AM in response to David Bedford

    Workaround to Delete ALL eMail in iOS 10

    Another workaround allows deleting all emails in iOS 10 as well, but it should be stressed this is indeed a workaround and it is nonspecific in that literally every single email will be deleted from the iPhone or iPad in the process.

    Do not attempt this without a backup or unless you are absolutely certain you never want those emails again, every single email will be deleted from the device whether it is read or unread:

    1. Open the inbox and then tap on “Edit”
    2. Tap on any message on screen so the checkbox appears next to it
    3. Now press and hold the “Move” button with one finger, and while holding the “Move” button, uncheck the message you previously checked
    4. Now release the “Move” button
    5. You’ll now be at the Inbox selection screen, at the top of the screen will show how many emails are selected, choose the “Trash” icon to move them all to trash and permanently delete them
  • by ogoflash,

    ogoflash ogoflash Oct 17, 2016 4:37 PM in response to David Bedford
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    Oct 17, 2016 4:37 PM in response to David Bedford

    This is the dumbest thing.  Hopefully they fix this on the next update.  I have over 10,000 emails taking up over 7 gigs.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 17, 2016 4:44 PM in response to ogoflash
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    Oct 17, 2016 4:44 PM in response to ogoflash

    You might want to think about trying out a solid replacement for iOS 10 Mail app.

     

    For Those Frustrated with iOS Mail App on iOS 10.

  • by MattClum,

    MattClum MattClum Oct 17, 2016 10:41 PM in response to David Bedford
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    Oct 17, 2016 10:41 PM in response to David Bedford

    o delete ALL inbox emails just select the first one to edit, press and HOLD the move button, AT THE SAME TIME as holding this, deselect first email and then then after a second or two, release hold and you then tap TRASH. ALL emails will then go into your trash, ready for you to delete All when you wish.

  • by D1sney,

    D1sney D1sney Oct 19, 2016 2:57 AM in response to Mhartler
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    Oct 19, 2016 2:57 AM in response to Mhartler

    Thank you sooooo much Marc

  • by orlandofromrichterswil,

    orlandofromrichterswil orlandofromrichterswil Oct 19, 2016 12:04 PM in response to David Bedford
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    Oct 19, 2016 12:04 PM in response to David Bedford

    I have the same problem. Dear apple please reactivate the delete all function like on the previous version.

    i Can understandig that people can delete e-mails by mistake but we know what we want and what we do.

    you can reactivate the function like before and not by default. new parameter setting delete all activated or not.

    many thanks.

  • by orlandofromrichterswil,

    orlandofromrichterswil orlandofromrichterswil Oct 19, 2016 12:11 PM in response to David Bedford
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    Oct 19, 2016 12:11 PM in response to David Bedford

    Please reactivate the function delete all asap again.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 19, 2016 12:24 PM in response to orlandofromrichterswil
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    Oct 19, 2016 12:24 PM in response to orlandofromrichterswil

    You are not addressing Apple here.

    We are all users like you.

    Life is too short for this kind of stupid baloney and arbitrary feature oversights and ommissions, in iOS, by Apple.

     

    If you are a Google Mail, Yahoo Mail or Microsoft Hotmail user, do yourself a favor and check out my link to a much better iOS Mail alternative.

    If you can use it, it is a much better version of the iOS Mail app that brings all of that functionality back and more.

     

    For Those Frustrated with iOS Mail App on iOS 10.

     

    If you can't use this because you don't use any of these email services, then send your feedback/concerns/complaints to Apple here.

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

     

    Apple doesn't respond to the feedback, but they DO read all feedback coming in from these product feedback links from users.

     

    Good Luck!

  • by asamaria,

    asamaria asamaria Oct 20, 2016 1:27 AM in response to Herbiebel
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    Oct 20, 2016 1:27 AM in response to Herbiebel

    Finally, someone had a solution to this problem. Thank you!

  • by asamaria,

    asamaria asamaria Oct 20, 2016 1:29 AM in response to Herbiebel
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    Oct 20, 2016 1:29 AM in response to Herbiebel

    Finally, someone had a solution to this problem. Thank you!

  • by rwaddi,

    rwaddi rwaddi Oct 20, 2016 2:30 AM in response to MichelPM
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    Oct 20, 2016 2:30 AM in response to MichelPM

    Does it do what I can do on my ancient Blackberry mobile, which has a function called Delete Prior? I can delete all emails prior to the date I choose, possibly the most useful function on the phone. Apple hasn't got there yet.

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