My Email Inbox Has Thousands Of Junk Mails In That I Shall Never Be Reading So How Do I Delete All

What's the fastest way to delete 10,000 emails in my Gmail inbox and keep the ones I want?

I needed to update this post to add 1 extra step because Google added an additional piece of verification to this process. Most likely because of me showing tens of thousands of people how to delete all of their junk mail.I also got a bunch of comments below saying this “doesn’t work” but rest assured my friends, we are back in the game with this “1 simple trick.”Warning! You are probably about to delete a huge amount of email, please be aware of what you are doing. Always backup your email before attempting to delete your email or any data for that matter. If you scroll past this page you acknowledge that you will not hold me liable for any damages that may be incurred by deleting email. Thanks!This method is mainly for when you have a HUGE amount of emails and don’t feel like deleting them a hundred at a time.I’ll start with this illustration, and then talk a bit about it.Click to enlargeStep 1: Go to the Gmail search bar and enter in today’s date or the date you want your email deleted from. So if I want everything from today deleted I would enter:before:2015/05/22
Meaning – delete everything before May 22, 2015.Step 2: Check the magic box. The key here is you will see a notification that says “All conversations in this search are selected.”This basically means all 10,000 emails are selected, not just the default 50 or 100 emails that you see on your screen.Step 2.5 Updated – In addition to checking the magic box, you now also need to click the link that says “All conversations that match this search.” Google added this extra step sometime in 2016 to make people think twice before selecting huge amounts of email to delete / move / archive / mark as spam etc.Step 3: Click the trash button. You will probably get a warning which you will need to affirm. Once that happens it might take a minute or two. I just deleted almost 10,000 emails and it took about 2 minutes.You might get a “still working” message while you wait.Other thoughts on mass deleting a lot of Gmail messages at onceYou can use this method to do a bunch of other stuff such as archive your email, mark it all read, mark it unread, or delete it.Please note that if you are using this method with a connected email + domain, this may or may not delete the email off your server depending on your mail server setup.You’ve been warned, but let me warn you again. Think before you hit that delete button, because you ain’t gettin’ those emails back.

How do I delete thousands of emails from my AOL account without going through each one individually?

In your Mailbox window, press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard, and then click the first email that you wish to delete.2. Now, hold the Shift key down, and click the last email in the list. This will select all the emails between the first email and the last email that you have selected.3. Click Delete.

How do I delete all the emails in my Gmail inbox by one action only?

Note: This only works for Gmail and is updated to March 2, 2019. Lots of these posts are old and thus not relevant anymore since Gmail is always changing the layout. This does not pertain to unsubscribe, but there is a blurb at the end for those who asked since it is relevant for spam.Follow the below steps carefully:In the left box where you can see your different mailboxes (Inbox, Sent, etc), scroll down and select ‘More’.Select ‘All Mail’Click the check-mark to select all the emails in the current view, and then click ‘Select all x conversations in All Mail” (see screenshot)Hit the garbage can button above the emailsThen, select ‘Trash’ from the same left box where your different mailboxes are show and select ‘Trash’.Click the box above to select all the messages in the folder and click ‘Delete Forever’.Now all of your emails are deleted forever.This does not unsubscribe you from spam emails. Even in google’s spam folder, it does not catch all the spam, and sometimes mistakenly puts important emails in there. Also, sometimes you do not have the username and password to unsubscribe, and you are not able to.For this, tools exist. A famous example is Unroll.me.I personally prefer newer applications, of which there are many. These have better usage and design and take less time.My personal favorite is Mr Clean, linked here. This one automatically identifies the least relevant emails and allows you to delete them or even put them in a hidden folder that deletes after 30 days. I like this function in case I mistakenly put something.Best of all, no spam and easy unsubscribing means a less cluttered life and more focus on the things that make me smile, like my pet fish Dracula and eating pancakes in my overalls.

What is the best way to delete all unwanted Emails in gmail?

Maybe you signed up for a newsletter ages ago and it just won't let you unsubscribe. Or some store keeps sending you offers. Or that volunteer committee that you helped out once just won't take you off their mailing list.If you can't get a specific someone to stop emailing you, you can get Gmail to delete those messages from your inbox automatically by setting up a filter.Here's how.Step 1: Click on the settings button on the right-hand corner of the page.Step 2: Click on the Filters tab.Step 3: Click on "Create new filter" on the bottom of the page.Step 4: In the next screen, tell Gmail how to identify the messages. If it always comes from the same email address use that. If it always uses the same subject line, use that. You can also have Gmail search the message for specific words, such as "PTA volunteer committee."Step 5: Click on "Create filter with this search."Business Insider/Gmail/screenshotStep 6: Click on "Delete it."Step 7: Click on "Create filter", and click on "Also apply filter to matching messages" to have Google sift through your inbox and delete the ones from that sender.Voila! Annoying emails gone.Business Insider/Gmail/screenshotTip: If you are nervous that it will delete messages you need, you can use "Skip the inbox" and Google will remove the message without deleting it. The message will show up in searches.Or you can set up a folder and have the messages filed automatically there, to look at later.

How do you mass delete emails on Yahoo Mail?

Presuming you’re using Yahoo Mail on your PC/laptop, this is the method that I use. Also I find it easier to use the old Yahoo email, rather than the “new”.Sort your emails in “Ascending Order”. That way, you’re looking at the oldest first.Look through and make certain that any email you’ve starred or emails from family, etc. that you might want to keep — mark those and put them in a Keep folder. Otherwise, click the Select All button.Then click the Delete button. Or even better the Spam button.This is not a very speedy way to go, because Yahoo shows you only about 50 messages at a time. But after doing this 20 or so times, you’ll find you’ve made quite a dent in those emails that build up.I’ve heard there’s a way to filter e-mails that are over, say, 6 months old, but I can’t find the setting. If anybody knows where that is, please let me know.Thank you, and best of luck!

My gmail is suddenly beeing flooded with thousands of spam newsletter subscriptions. What happens, what should I do? I can’t receive wanted emails now

Generally When this Happens that means there is an attempt to hack into your account or there is fraud being committed using your account. I experienced this today and found out that there was a Best Buy purchase order amidst all those emails. An order or purchase of Macbook Air which i never ordered and the Credit card which i never held. Incidentally the time order was placed was the same time when these emails started showing up in my mailbox. Fortunately, I could spot the purchase and have informed Best buy of Fraud.The idea would be to spam your mailbox so that you can bulk delete emails and amidst that you can delete something which was fraud done by an Hacker. I would be circumspect of each email, and validate whether its only subscription or leaning to account compromise or identity Theft.After informing Best Buy of the Fraud, i went ahead and recovered my account, though i dont think my account was compromised, as i could still access it. I have added 2 factor check to my account now. Hopefully it doesnt happen again.Hope it helps.