Email or email has been a very useful method for exchanging messages around the world via different platforms. People have been using it since the 1960s, on which it has been used in a limited way. Over the decades, emails have been widely used professionally for business and personal transactions.
Although emails are sent in profusion, the amount of emails a user can get can also be overwhelming. In an unlikely event that emails accumulate or if you need to delete old and unnecessary emails, by deleting multiple emails both can be a smart decision.
Among all the platforms used to send and receive emails, Gmail was one of the most used. And as soon as Android technology appeared, the Gmail app did the same. So far, the app has no function to mark all emails with one click if you want to delete them all at once like other platforms, but there is an alternative.
This article will provide you with easy steps to find out how mass delete emails in the Gmail app.
Step 1: Open your Gmail app and navigate to the folder containing the emails you want to delete. You can select: Main, Social or Promotions. You can also select ‘All Mail’, which is recommended if you want to delete emails from all folders without having to move from one folder to another.
2nd step: Select the emails you want to delete
Click on the bubble on the left side of the screen. Make sure to click on the bubble and not on the content preview as this could open the email. If you happen to click on the email and open it by mistake, don’t worry! You can just press the back button and you can continue where you left off.
Step 3: Since there is no option to “select all”, you will need to click on each bubble one by one to delete multiple emails. This can be tiring if you have thousands of emails to delete, but much better than having to scan and delete each email one by one.
Step 4: Once you’ve selected all the emails you want to delete, just click the Delete button (trash can icon) in the upper right corner of the app and you’re good to go.
Additionally, if you want to bulk delete emails from specific senders or by using keywords, you can filter them by searching. When you get the results, just repeat the removal process.
Deleting emails this way is very simple if you just focus on the Gmail app, although it can be tedious if you have a thousand emails to delete, it’s still effective.
App to delete all emails at once
What if you want to delete all the emails on your phone? Check out these steps on how to mass delete emails on your Android phone using mobile apps
An example application that you can use to delete all emails at the same time is Email by Edison or Email Edison. With a 4.5 star rating on Google Play and lots of positive reviews on YouTube and other sites, it is without a doubt one of the best messaging apps on the market. It has a simplified and clean interface and it supports almost all messaging platforms like Office 365, Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, Hotmail, Outlook, MS Exchange, IMAP, Alto, Gmail, iCloud, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and Moreover! And in addition to this app’s ability to delete all emails in one go / bulk delete, it also has other awesome features which can help you manage the emails you will receive in the future , such as viewing all of your subscriptions in one tab, unsubscribing spam with a tap, preventing some senders from sending you a new message, and easily blocking spam forever.
Here’s a step-by-step process on how to install Edison Email and use it to delete mass emails.
Step 1: Download “Email – Lightning Fast & Secure Mail”
Step 2: Select Gmail (or any supported email you want to import)
Step 3: Select Options in the upper left corner of the screen
Step 4: Select your Gmail account and choose the folder containing the emails you want to delete.
Step 5: Hold the bubble on the left side of the email (which usually contains the initials or the photo of the sender), click on the double check icon in the top right. It will select all the emails that have been loaded by the page.
Step 6: Click the double check icon again. It will select all the emails in this folder.
Step 7: Click on the trash can icon at the top right and this will delete all the selected emails.
How to delete all unread emails in Gmail on Android
Scanning a bunch of emails for unread emails can be difficult, especially when it comes to large numbers of emails. And just as the Gmail app doesn’t have an option to delete bulk emails, it also doesn’t have the ability to filter unread emails with a single click. But why waste your time analyzing and selecting when there is a simple trick to filter these emails?
Check out these super easy steps below to filter and delete unread emails in Gmail on Android:
First, go to your Gmail app and click on the search field. Type “is: unread” and click on Search. And voila! you have filtered your unread emails. Just follow the same process by deleting emails on the Gmail mobile app.
Although these are very easy steps, these steps are not recommended for people who receive a high volume of emails. A smarter choice would be to install email management applications. This will save you a lot of time and effort. It’s also more efficient than downloading a bunch of apps for each messaging platform.
Many email management applications are available for free on Google Play. Some that work with others may not work with you. Just choose the one you will be comfortable working with daily to manage your emails, the one that suits your needs and style.
I hope this helped you solve your email organizing issues, especially on the Gmail app.
Do you know of an application capable of performing all these tasks efficiently? Share it with us!
Note: The steps for deleting and finding emails in the Gmail app also apply when you access your Gmail through a web browser on your phone. The same limitations also apply.
Stay organized!