Too much emails in INBOX and TRASH, how reduce?

Zhao · 2 Jan 2016, 05:23 AM

Hello all:

I am using the wonderful Gmail. But in the "inbox" and "trash" there are often thousands of emails. To delete them, each time only delete 50-email, very slow!

Are there ways to delete them more or all in one time OR limit the surviving/existing
days of the emails such as one-month or one-year?

Anyway I want to restricted the garbage, Could you tell me?

Berenburger · 2 Jan 2016, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Zhao

Anyway I want to restricted the garbage, Could you tell me?

I wonder, why are you getting all this garbage.

Mail in Trash is automatically deleted after 30 days.

chrisretusn · 2 Jan 2016, 10:51 AM

Have you tried "Empty Trash now" located just above the message list?

You can also under Settings, General set "Show xxx conversations per page" to 100.

kijinbear · 2 Jan 2016, 09:21 PM

If you select all the conversations on the first page by clicking the box in the top left, Gmail will display a small notice and give you the option to select every conversation in your Inbox (or Trash, or any other label) regardless of paging.

It appears right below the toolbar, just above the first conversation.

2 Jan 2016, 05:23 AM	#1
Zhao Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 65	Too much emails in INBOX and TRASH, how reduce? Hello all: I am using the wonderful Gmail. But in the "inbox" and "trash" there are often thousands of emails. To delete them, each time only delete 50-email, very slow! Are there ways to delete them more or all in one time OR limit the surviving/existing days of the emails such as one-month or one-year? Anyway I want to restricted the garbage, Could you tell me?

2 Jan 2016, 10:51 AM	#3
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 846	Have you tried "Empty Trash now" located just above the message list? You can also under Settings, General set "Show xxx conversations per page" to 100.

2 Jan 2016, 09:21 PM	#4
kijinbear Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ~$ Posts: 652	If you select all the conversations on the first page by clicking the box in the top left, Gmail will display a small notice and give you the option to select every conversation in your Inbox (or Trash, or any other label) regardless of paging. It appears right below the toolbar, just above the first conversation.