Easy mass email deletion on iphone

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Easy mass email deletion on iphone

I have reviewed every article imaginable and cannot figure out how to do a mass deletion in my emails on my iPhone.

In my opinion, and based on the intuitive way Mac/Apple software has been set up in the past , I should be able to mass select emails on my iPhone and then push a button that says ‘Trash All.’

I have noticed that some people can select their inbox folder push delete and then do ‘trash All’

I however for the life of me cannot figure out how to make this happen.

Hence my dilemma.

Does anyone know a quick and easy way to mass delete emails on an iPhone without individually select each one and then putting the trash button.

As I receive 35 emails, daily I am sick and tired of deleting several hundred emails one at a time come the end of the week.

I thank you kindly for any response.

iPhone X, iOS 12.0.1, Mail

Posted on Dec 2, 2018 10:17 AM

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Dec 2, 2018 10:21 AM in response to jasdesign

Go the mailbox that you want to delete all messages from.

In the upper right hand corner, select 'Edit'.

Tap on one of the circles to put a blue check mark next to one message. You only need to select one.

Now touch and hold the 'Move' button at the bottom of the screen. Hold it, do not release.

While still holding 'move', uncheck the message you checked in the step above.

Now release 'Hold'.

On the following screen select 'Trash'.

All messages will be moved to the trash.

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Dec 2, 2018 5:14 PM in response to Philly_Phan

I didn’t figure it out. I read it in another discussion some time ago. I copied and pasted it into my Notes app for future use. I wonder how long it took for the person that actually did discover it to come up with it.

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