How do you delete "all" ur emails at once?

[gqllc007]

If I want to clean up my Gmail or my regular email (yahoo) account how do I select all and delete? I could only figure out how to delete one at a time.

 

[JhankG]

Unfortunately, you can't. It's easier to log into your email account on a computer and delete them if you have a bunch. I was really hoping the most recent update to the OS would add this feature because it seems to obvious to most of us.

 

[REARless]

You kinda sorta can.

If you enable batch operations under settings you can check each mail then click delete. It is a bit faster than opening each one and deleting.

 

[spalding12]

as was said above
do it on the computer
FAR EASIER
your droid's relationship with gmail is for convenience, essentially
all the real "work" will be done while online at your pac/mac/laptop

 

[jkayner]

as was said above
do it on the computer
FAR EASIER
your droid's relationship with gmail is for convenience, essentially
all the real "work" will be done while online at your pac/mac/laptop

That is a stupid excuse. How hard could it possibly be to add a menu item for "select all" or "mark all read"?

 

[Backnblack]

That is a stupid excuse. How hard could it possibly be to add a menu item for "select all" or "mark all read"?

Let the rest of us know when you have that worked out.....

 

[takeshi]

How do you delete "all" ur emails at once?

I'm not giving a LOL cat this sort of info. I can just see it:

I'm in UR DROID deleting ur emails

 

[capt. dan]

You can mark the check box next to the ones you don't want and hit delete.

 

[jkayner]

That is a stupid excuse. How hard could it possibly be to add a menu item for "select all" or "mark all read"?

Let the rest of us know when you have that worked out.....

not me, I'm no programmer , but for a company as big as google, one of the developers has to be able to do this...

 

[jigsawkilr]

My issue is that when you delete email from the Droid it doesn't delete from the gmail account online and a few mins later thay are back on the phone. So you actually have to delete everything twice. Once from the phone then from the server. Does anyone know how to fix that?

 

[fraze]

In gmail, you can delete / archive all by:

1) Open gmail on your PC.
2) Select "All" Messages
3) When you do, a text link appears. In my case, "Select all 4166 conversations in Inbox".
4) (perform action) Delete / Mark as Read / Archive / Etc
5) Confirm the prompts.

That's it!!! Good luck!

I posted the solution for gmail, here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-general-discussions/2253-mark-all-email-read.html

 

[jkayner]

In gmail, you can delete / archive all by:

1) Open gmail on your PC.
2) Select "All" Messages
3) When you do, a text link appears. In my case, "Select all 4166 conversations in Inbox".
4) (perform action) Delete / Mark as Read / Archive / Etc
5) Confirm the prompts.

That's it!!! Good luck!

I posted the solution for gmail, here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-general-discussions/2253-mark-all-email-read.html

umm yeah... we are talking about being able to do this on the droid. Obviously there are more abilities on pc apps...

 

[fraze]

Sorry, selective reading...

I just archived all my email the way I listed above. Then it showed 0 emails in the inbox on the Droid. From then on, I can select the checkbox next to each email message on the Droid and click Delete. Not the ideal solution, but it worked for me...

HTH

 

[jkayner]

so how retarded is this... if in email and you select 1 or more emails (with a check) then hit menu, there is a "Deselect all" option. but noooooo, no "Select all"

:cus:

 

[woofer]

delete all help

You all talk about gmail. I use mine for business and I receive 500 emails per day. I cannot go to my exchange server and delete them from there and find that they are gone on my droid.

I am looking for a way to delete all with one stroke.

Has anyone heard if a new OS will be fixing this?