Yeah, what you're wanting to do probably would be better accomplished on a Mac. Good luck.
> On Oct 2, 2023, at 9:45 PM, Tom Lange <lang...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi, let me clarify things a bit. What I want to do is use the search option > in the native mail app, and when I get the results that I want, I want the > ability to do aselect all, and then delete the ones that come up. but from > what I’ve seen so far, there is no way that I found to do a select all. > >> On Oct 2, 2023, at 3:55 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jccacc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> There is actually a slightly different way that I have always done. >> 1. Open Mail settings >> 2. Click on the Gmail account >> 3. Just below the Gmail account heading, there is a button labeled with >> account and the name of your account, click on this button. >> 4. Click on the advanced button near the bottom of the screen >> 5. IN here there is a Heading labeled “Move discarded messages in to” with >> two choices Deleted Mailbox and Archive Mailbox. >> >> Choose Deleted Mailbox to have the button on the bottom left labeled as >> delete. >> >>> On Oct 1, 2023, at 8:09 PM, joseph hudson <jhud7...@twc.com >>> <mailto:jhud7...@twc.com>> wrote: >>> >>> In order to do that, you have to go into settings, accounts, select your >>> Gmail account, and go to mailbox behaviors, and select the trash folder for >>> the deleted folder. trash folder for deleted messages. This will fix the >>> problem. >>> Joseph Hudson >>> >>> EmailFaceTime/iMessage >>> jhud7...@twc.com <mailto:jhud7...@twc.com> >>> >>> Connect with me on zoom >>> >>> https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3437608339?pwd=akNsMHlLTWsyWmk0UXdSaVdsSkhNUT09 >>> >>>> On Oct 1, 2023, at 6:44 PM, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:2carolynarn...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Tom, first thing, if you can figure out how to get them going into trash >>>> instead of archives. Joseph told me how, and I did, but don't remember >>>> how. Once there, there is Select all, and you can delete them all in one >>>> whack. In the past, before I had mine set up that way, I have done like >>>> 5,000, and it wore me out, I can tell you for sure. I thought I'd never >>>> get them all out. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Lange >>>> Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 7:01 PM >>>> To: vi-phone list <viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> >>>> Subject: E-mail search Frustration and my Gmail Dilemma >>>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> I've had a GMAIL account going back years and years, probably since 2007 >>>> or thereabouts. When I look at the Mail icon in the dock, it says that I >>>> have close to 100,000 unread messages, so it's clearly time for a >>>> "scorched earth" option or perhaps the nuclear option for clearing out >>>> this stuff once and for all. I'm tired of looking at that crap. When I go >>>> into the native Mail app on my iPhone 12 Pro, I can search for a variety >>>> of subjects, senders, et cetera and come up with a list of results but >>>> when I do, I don't see an option for editing and doing a select-all, which >>>> should then allow me the option to delete all, which is what I want to do. >>>> Is there a way to do this in the native Mail app, or am I stuck with >>>> dealing with the Gmail website, which is a royal pain in the butt, in my >>>> opinion? Please help, as I've been wrestling with this for days now and >>>> I'm getting increasingly frustrated. >>>> I am not fond of the Gmail web interface and would like to anything >>>> that I can do to avoid using it on my Windows PC. If I absolutely have to >>>> use Safari and it works, that's OK, I'll do that. I just want to get the >>>> job done. >>>> Just to clarify a bit, I have labels for friends, family, saved messages, >>>> the JAWS list and vi-phone list that I don't want to mess with. My >>>> primary concern is about stuff that's been lying around in my inbox for >>>> all this time, or before the last six months or so. >>>> Any help with step-by-step instructions that will work are greatly >>>> appreciated. >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>> 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>>> mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. 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