How to quickly clean out gmail inbox

Q: Is there a way to mass clear Gmail?

To delete all emails on Gmail, click the Select all box, then Select all conversations. Use your search bar to find emails from specific senders for mass deletion. If you accidentally delete an email, you can recover it from the Trash folder within 30 days.

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In this video, I will show you how I delete 62,000 messages with just couple of clicks and made my Gmail inbox clean.
This will work in both Gmail and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite)

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1. Filter Emails
2. Select all messages
3. Select all Conversations
4. Delete all Messages
5. Empty Trash
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How do I delete thousands of emails in Gmail?
How do I clean up my Gmail inbox quickly?
Is there a way to mass clear Gmail?

1. Filter Emails

To get started, log into your Gmail inbox as you'd always do.

And while you're in your inbox, type "is:unread" in the search bar and perform a search.

This will let you filter your email and only show unread messages.

2. Select all messages

Next, check a little box under the the search bar to select all displayed messages.

Now you notice in my case I have over 62,000 emails however, only 100 conversations are selected.

This is because by default Gmail displays 100 messages per page. So in our next step I show you how you select all the unread conversations.

3. Select all Conversations

So to select all messages (62,556 for my case) that match the search criteria of "unread", click on "Select all conversations that match this search" link.

This selects all unread messages in your inbox.

4. Delete all Messages

Now you're ready to delete all unread messages in your Gmail inbox.
Go a head and click on the trash icon. Gmail will then ask you to confirm your action, just click "OK" and you're done.

After confirming deletion, it may take some time for Gmail to trash all the emails. This depends on the number of messages, in my case it took about 2-3 minutes.

5. Empty Trash

So after you've deleted emails from your inbox, Gmail stores them in the trash from where they're automatically deleted after 30 days.

You can go a head and empty the trash yourself. To do so, just head over to your trash and click on "Empty Trash now" link, then confirm deletion.

And that is it! I hope it was helpful, if you have any question go ahead and leave them in the comment section below and I'll be happy to help. Thank you!

How do I delete thousands of emails in Gmail?

Watch video above..

Filter Emails. To get started, log into your Gmail inbox as you'd always do. ... .

Select all messages. Next, check a little box under the the search bar to select all displayed messages. ... .

Select all Conversations. ... .

Delete all Messages. ... .

Empty Trash..

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If your Gmail inbox is cluttered, overwhelming, or just poorly organized, try these steps for how to clean up your Gmail inbox:.

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Delete entire categories. ... .

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Block unwanted senders. ... .

Delete by sender. ... .

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Is there a way to mass clear Gmail?

To delete all emails on Gmail, click the "Select all" box, then "Select all conversations." Use your search bar to find emails from specific senders for mass deletion. If you accidentally delete an email, you can recover it from the Trash folder within 30 days.