How do I delete all emails in iOS 11 on Iphone at once?
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iPhone 7, iOS 11.0.1
colefromfergus wrote:
Seriously deleting 3000 emails will take me over an hour at least and I’ve done this every time I got a new iPhone.
If you follow the instructions that myndlis gives (see Oct 3, 2017 3:07 PM), you'll only need to select one random email to delete ALL of your emails.
To be specific, myndlis posted the following:
"It's a glitch and it works!
Open the mailbox you decided to delete, press Edit at the top right corner, select one random email, then press and hold "Move" and while you hold it, unselect the email previously selected. When you release the "Move" button, then you can choose to move all mail to trash or another folder. Voilá!
Regards."
I followed the instructions, and it worked just as it has for other people as well.
The thing is, you might not think that all of your emails have been selected when you start with just one random email. But, if you literally follow each step of the instructions, then ALL of your emails will be deleted at the same time.
Just got a new (and first) iPhone. Besides needing to go to computer school to learn how to use it, when I loaded to Outlook app, it uploaded 24,000 emails from the email server online. Needless to say deleting one email at a time is out of the question.
So yes, PLEASE bring back the DELETE ALL button!!!
Hi how do I delete specific mail permanently so that receiver’s can’t see it again? I had sent some documents to my colleague due to some emergency but now it doesn’t seem right so I want to delete mail for everyone. Help me please thank you
If what you're looking for is a button to select all mail at one time and then delete all mail at once, that doesn't exist. The above advice was correct in that if you choose edit, you can then select each message, but you have to select each email by tapping the round button next to each message individually. It's usually easier to use your laptop or PC to delete mail in bulk.
The lack of the ability to delete all emails in a few easy steps is one of the biggest disappointments with Apple. The Devs appear to change their minds at every release. There is a great clip showing it can take 5 minutes to delete 450 emails. Bring back the delete all button, please.
Good thing you're not holding your breath. You'd likely pass out from lack of oxygen.
If this feature is important to you, telling us users on this forum won't get Apple's attention in the least. Let them know via this feedback link: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Well Daytona, you most definitely didn't hurt my feelings. When you buy Apple or become head of engineering, you can make the products do whatever you want. Until then, arguing about a feature that doesn't exist here is a waste of time. Apple doesn't read these posts. Provide your feedback to them directly: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
PS: Iphone X doesn't have this as none of the iPhones do. And yes, I own iPhone X.
Again, this existed at one time. Having been around here for years now, you don't can't imagine how many people "accidentally" deleted their entire mailbox and were desperate to get their mail back. Is that why Apple took it away? I don't know, but it certainly has eliminated the moans and cries from people who did this regularly.
Why anyone let's messages pile up to the tune of thousands is a mystery to me personally. I clean out my mailbox daily. But that's me, clearly not others. If you think this is something you want, you can provide feedback to Apple (this is a user to user only forum and Apple isn't here) directly via this link: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Is there a way to delete them all at once without selecting each one individually?
That doesn’t work for me. I select edit and when I tap them the only buttons that are available are cancel move and archive. Very difficult
Thanks, Had already done that but no response.
This fix does work sometimes but is certainly a tedious one for 8,000+
emails
Cheers
Graeme
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say 'Why not? - George Bernard Shaw
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How do I delete all emails in iOS 11 on Iphone at once?
This only works if you have an imap account. Try it using a pop account and you are stuck deleting each email one at a time or the neat bug identified by "myndlis".
Brilliant, works like a dream. I'm sure that is not a programmed intention by Apple.
Thank you very much for the solution you provided. It's very much appreciated! As you already know, I can confirm that it works (at least as of this post).
“Select every email?”
Seriously deleting 3000 emails will take me over an hour at least and I’ve done this every time I got a new iPhone.
How to delete all emails on iPhone
