my workaround for this...
looks elaborate, tho it's actually fairly simple, making use of the ol'
"switcheroo" technique. can save gobs of time, depending on the amount of
emails you'd need to wade thru. just, don't miss any steps... PLEASE!
1) PREPARE TEMP LABELS
a) create label named *_FakeDeleteForever*
b) create label named *_FakeTrash*
*the underscore floats them near the top of the folders list for ease
of access
2) SELECT TRASHED EMAILS TO DELETE FOREVER, AND PLACE IN
*_FakeDeleteForever* AND *Inbox*
a) go to Trash and search via label or other operators
i.e. *in:trash from:"Points of Light* or *in:trash
label:Points-of-Light*
b) click box to *Select All*
c) click link: *Select all conversations that match this search*
d) apply label *_FakeDeleteForever*
e) again, tick the box to *Select All*
f) again, click link: *Select all conversations that match this
search*
g) this time, click button: *Move to Inbox*
3) NOT SATISFIED?
repeat all parts of Step Two for any subsequent searches for mail to
delete forever
CONGRAT! now all the emails to delete forever are in *Inbox*, but also in
their own designated label
4) GET THE REMAINING TRASH OUT OF THE WAY BY PLACING IN *_FakeTrash* AND
*Inbox*
a) go to Trash
b) tick the box to *Select All*
c) click link: *Select all N conversations in Trash*, where *N* is
the number of emails in the Trash
d) apply label *_FakeTrash*
e) again, tick the box to *Select All*
f) click link: *Select all N conversations in Trash*
g) click button: *Move to Inbox*
*now all the mail you want to keep in the trash are in your inbox but
also in their own designated label
5) DELETE YOUR EMAILS FOREVER... FOR REALS
a) click the label *_FakeDeleteForever *from the labels list on left
b) select all emails in the folder, using the *Select All* tick
box-and-link process similarly described above
c) click* Trash Can* button to send them to *Trash*
d) click *Trash* label in labels list on left
e) select all emails in the folder, using the *Select All* tick
box-and-link
process
f) click button *Delete Forever*
6) DARLING, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE OUT THE FAKE TRASH?
a) click the label *_FakeTrash* from the labels list on left
b) select all emails in the folder, using the *Select All* tick
box-and-link
process
c) click* Trash Can* button to send them to *Trash*
d) click *Trash* label in labels list on left to verifiy your emails
are in Trash
7) DELETE TEMP LABELS (unless you plan to use this process again in the
near future)
a) hover over *_FakeTrash* label in list on left
b) when the down arrow (triangle) on the right of the label appears,
click it
c) when the context menu appears, click *Remove label* and then click
to *confirm*
d) repeat steps a - c to delete *_FakeDeleteForever* label, similarly
BUTTER MY BUTT AND CALL ME A BISCUIT! YOU HAVE OUTSMARTED EVEN GOOGLE.
*note: if i select more than ~1500 messages at once, my gMail hangs. that's
possibly just my crappy notebook mucking things up, but i can't can say,
either way.
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