This is my experience too, but admit to only having 8.4.1 on the newest device. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Ramage" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:38 AM Subject: RE: Mass deletion of emails from iPhone or iPad
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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