Holy shit, that is allot of messages
But thanks for this, that's one of the reasons why I don't use them.
I should just start useing mine, that when I change I S Ps I don't have to
keep changeing my address.
----- Original Message -----
From: "3BlindMice" <[email protected]>
To: "Adaptive technology information and support." <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 7:06 PM
Subject: [ATI] Cool Tip for GMail Users
Hi all. Apparently something went went wrong at some point with my email
client, and it was leaving all of my messages on my GMail account. That
is the address I use for the email from the IPhone list. Any of you on
that list know how much that list can generate. Needless to say, I had
over 37,000 messages in my inbox. Ouch. I found this article, and it
worked. Thank goodness!
Linda C.
How to Bulk-Delete Gmail Messages
By
Rick Broida
,
PCWorld
Aug 22, 2011 1:11 PM
Gmail
Reader Al wants to know “how to delete several thousand messages in the
Gmail inbox,
all at the same time.”
As Al notes, Gmail lets you select and delete only a screen’s worth of
mail at a
time. So how can you work past that? How can you bulk-delete Gmail messages?
The trick lies in creating a filter that deletes mail older than
whatever date you
specify. Here’s how:
1. Open your Web browser, head to Gmail, and sign into your account.
2. Next to the Search the Web button up top, click Create a filter.
3. In the "Has the words" field, type before:2010/01/01
. That's just an example date; it would delete all messages received
prior to January
1 of last year. You can use any date you want, as long as it conforms to
the format
YYYY/MM/DD.
4. Click Next step.
5. Check the box marked Delete it, then check the box for
Also apply filter to ### conversations belo
w. (Tip: If you want to preserve your mail while still getting it out of
your inbox,
choose
Skip the inbox (Archive it)
instead.)
6. Finally, click Create Filter
. Depending on how many messages meet the filter criteria, the deletion
process may
take a minute or two.
Just make sure you really want to permanently delete all that mail.
Unless you’re
approaching your storage limit, the smarter move is to archive it
instead. That way
it’ll still be available when your run searches, but won’t clutter up
your inbox.
Contributing Editor
Rick Broida
writes about business and consumer technology. Ask for help with your PC
hassles
at [email protected], or try the treasure trove of helpful folks in the
PC World Community Forums
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