Gmail: Is your Gmail inbox full? Here's the fastest way to delete emails in bulk..

If opening your Gmail inbox feels stressful, you're not alone. Over time, newsletters, promotional emails, app alerts, and old conversations gradually accumulate. Before you know it, your inbox is so cluttered that finding an important email becomes a chore in itself. The good news is that Gmail already has built-in tools that let you delete multiple emails at once. You don't need third-party apps or hours of manual work. So, let's explore these methods.

Use 'Select All' on Desktop
The fastest way to clear a large number of emails is through a desktop browser.

Open Gmail on your computer.
Click the small checkbox in the top-left corner of your inbox.
Gmail will select the visible emails and display the 'Select all conversations' option.
Click on this and then tap the trash icon.
All selected emails will be deleted at once. This works well when your inbox is full of old messages you no longer need.
Delete Emails by Category
Gmail automatically separates emails into tabs like Promotions, Social, and Updates. These sections typically contain newsletters, offers, and app notifications.

To do this, open the Promotions or Social tab.
Click the checkbox to select all emails.
Tap Delete.
This helps reduce clutter while keeping personal and work-related emails safe in your primary inbox.

Use Search Filters to Target Emails
If you don't want to delete everything, Gmail's search filters make it easy to remove specific emails.

Some common filters you can use:

older_than:1y to find emails older than one year.
larger:10M to find emails with attachments larger than 10MB.
from: Facebook to delete emails from a specific sender. After the results appear, select all and delete them at once. This is useful for freeing up storage space and removing emails you no longer need.

Delete multiple emails on your mobile device.
Deleting multiple emails at once on a mobile device is slower, but it still works.

Long-press any email to enable selection mode.
Tap the other emails you want to delete.
Tap the delete icon.
This option is helpful when you want to clean up your inbox without opening your computer.

Recover emails if you make a mistake.
Deleted emails remain in the Trash for 30 days. If you accidentally delete something important, open the Trash and restore it before it's permanently removed.

Using these methods regularly makes it easy to keep your Gmail inbox under control without spending hours scrolling and manually deleting emails.

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