Hi. I don't have the delete all option except in the trash folder. In my in Box there is only delete once one or more emails are selected. Walter.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris Sent: 22 October 2015 07:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mass deletion of emails from iPhone or iPad In any mailbox, double tap edit, double tap delete all then double tap delete all. On 21/10/2015 22:03, Alex Hall wrote: > In iOS9, there's now a "delete all" button, thankfully. I don't know quite > where it is because I haven't had to use it, but it's there. >> On Oct 21, 2015, at 16:58, Walter Ramage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all. nearly a year ago I was given an iPhone 5c to use as part of the >> work I was involved in with a national charity. I really didn't use it very >> much, just played around with it and used my old nokia as I normally would. >> When we got the phone up and running and I launched my email app, 500,000 >> unread emails showed up, well, it was nearly 500,000, something like >> 495,000. This was a nightmare to deal with and I looked on line for a >> solution. What is below is what I found. In truth if you have some usable >> sight this should work for you but I don't and it was a bit more difficult >> but I did manage to delete around 150 and even 200 emails at a time. In the >> end I went to my ISP's web mail and deleted them from there. However the >> procedure below might be of interest to you and I hope it will be of help to >> some. Walter. >> >> >> >> How to delete ALL mail messages from iPhone/iPad in one step >> by Adrian Segar >> >> >> Yes, there is a way to delete all your unwanted iPhone/iPad emails from the >> Mail app in one operation! No more left-swipe:tap Trash for every individual >> message. No more Edit: tap the single open circle next to every individual >> message and finally tapping Trash. And you don’t need to jail break your >> device. >> If you leave your iDevice on for a few days and come back to find a few >> hundred messages on it that you’ve already downloaded elsewhere this trick >> will save you time and irritation. I didn’t discover the method—it’s far >> from obvious—but found it on one of many Apple discussion threads bemoaning >> this irritating hole in Mail functionality. >> >> It works! I present to you this great tip from shashbasharat found on >> MacRumors (slightly edited for clarity). >> >> How to delete or move ALL emails at once in non-jail broken ipad or iphone >> >> It took me weeks of research to figure out finally how to decode this yet >> another secretive secret of apple. There is a perfect way of deleting ALL >> emails at once without jailbreaking your iphone or ipad…and here it is: >> >> Open Inbox Edit Mark All Mark As Read [Added May 21, 2014 by >> Adrian; this extra step makes the difference between success & failure for >> some.] >> >> Open Inbox Edit Check/select the top message; it will highlight >> the move button. >> >> Press and hold the move button and uncheck the message that you had >> checked earlier. >> >> Lift all your fingers off from the ipad screen and leave it alone. Wait >> until all your messages pile up on the right hand portion of the screen (in >> ipad); iphone will give you the actual number of emails it has selected for >> the action. Now they are just waiting for your command to be moved ALL at >> once. >> >> Choose trash to delete all of them or any other folder where u want to >> move them, like one piece. Remember this will replicate your action on the >> server so you will ACTUALLY move them or delete them on the server and not >> just the ipad. >> >> Once you have moved all messages to the trash you can either leave them >> there for the scheduled cleaning or empty it right away by doing this: go to >> trash folder and touch Edit. The Delete All button shows up at the bottom of >> the screen. Hit it! You’re done! >> >> If you do not see the effects of your actions on the server make sure you >> have enabled your email accounts for such actions. >> >> Tips: >> >> 1. Please give enough time (could take up to several minutes depending the >> number of emails to be moved) for the emails to be selected for the move. >> Your screen will become unresponsive while all emails are being packaged. >> Once emails are ready, in ipad, you will see them zoomed out on the right >> hand side of the screen, and in iphone you will see the message showing you >> the actual number of messages that have been selected. >> >> 2. Avoid purging very large number of emails, the mail app might freeze or >> crash. If your inbox has thousands of emails change your sync settings in >> mail settings to fill lesser number of emails in your inbox. >> >> 3. [Added Jul 20, 2014 by Adrian] Many people have reported needing to >> repeat the above procedure several times before it succeeds. (I too have >> found this to be necessary a few times on my iPhone but not on my iPad—go >> figure.) So my final tip is to repeat the procedure 3-4 times if the mail >> doesn’t disappear the first time. In my experience, if your messages >> disappear momentarily and then reappear, repeating the procedure will >> eventually make them stay deleted for good. >> >> >> >> >> >> <http://www.avast.com/> >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> www.avast.com <http://www.avast.com/> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone >> <http://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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