Gmail allows users to select and delete emails through the checkboxes provided beside the email. Additionally, you can also delete multiple emails through the select all checkbox. However, this will only delete the 50 emails shown on the page. If you have thousands of emails in your inbox then you will have to repeat this process multiple times.
How to Delete All Gmail Emails at Once?
Deleting all the emails is a pretty straightforward process on a PC. You can delete all emails permanently, delete only selected emails, or delete every email from a particular sender. However, the option to delete all mail in the Gmail app for mobile phones is unavailable. So, you will need to manually select and delete emails on mobile.
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On Mobile
How to Delete Emails for A Specific Sender?
Gmail automatically filters all the mail you receive and sorts them into three different categories i.e. Primary, Social, and Promotions. You can delete emails from these categories by switching to that particular category. Additionally, You can also delete emails that you’ve received and sent to a particular email address. To delete the emails, follow the given step:
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On Mobile
How to Permanently Delete Emails?
The emails that you’ve deleted are moved to Trash. You can leave it be as these emails would get automatically deleted after 30 days. You can also manually clear the Trash by following the given steps:
On PC
On Mobile (iOS)
Alternatively, you can also click on Empty Trash now on both PC and mobile to delete all emails from Trash or Bin.
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How to Recover Emails from The Trash?
Important emails that have been accidentally deleted can still be recovered by following the given steps: