How to Delete All Gmail Emails

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Have you got a lot of emails in your Gmail account? Want to delete them all?

In Gmail there’s no way to “select all” so that you can delete all your emails in one go. But there is an easy way to mass delete your emails and clean-up Gmail.

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  1. How to Delete all Emails in Gmail
  2. Check all Categories and Labels
  3. Summary

How to Delete all Emails in Gmail

When you’re Inbox is overflowing with emails, it’s going to be tedious going through and deleting them one by one.

To delete all your messages in fell swoop, log in to your Gmail account.

Click the Select icon at the top of the message pane.

You’ll see all your emails will become selected. Now click the Delete button.

The Delete button may appear as a trash can icon depending on the size of your screen.

All emails selected and Delete button marked in Gmail.
Click the Select button and then click Delete.

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Are you sure you want to delete everything? It might be a good idea to backup your emails first by downloading them, and then delete them.

Only Deletes Messages on that Page

Deleting your emails like this only deletes the ones shown on the page. Typically, Gmail will display up to 50 emails per page. So in turn you’re only deleting 50 at a time.

That could take forever if you’ve got thousands of emails, or conversations as Gmail calls them.

However, when you’ve got more than 50 emails, when you click the Select button, you’ll see another option appear.

To delete all the emails in one go, click “Select all conversations”.

Then hit the Delete button or trash can.

Deleting all email from Gmail.
Deleting all messages from a Category.

Check all Categories and Labels

Deleting your messages only deletes the emails in a particular Category or Label (folder).

So to completely clean up Gmail, you’ll need to repeat the process in each Category and Label.

Don’t forget to click the More option to see all your Labels.

Gmail Categories and Labels indicated.
Categories and Labels in Gmail.

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Empty the Trash

When you’ve finished deleting all the emails in Gmail, the final thing to do is to empty the Trash.

By default, Gmail will automatically delete emails from the Trash after 30 days, but you can it manually.

To find the Trash folder in Gmail, you might need to click the More option in the left hand pane.

Then click Trash and finally, click Empty Trash Now.

More option indicated in Gmail.
Click More.
Empty Trash Now link highlighted.
Then click Empty Trash Now.

Summary

It’s surprising just just how many emails we accumulate over the years. Getting rid of them all isn’t as straightforward as deleting files from a PC because the old CTRL + A (Select All) doesn’t work. But Google has you covered.

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Gmail is Full

Even after deleting your emails, Google insists your low on storage space and Gmail may stop working.

Here’s why Gmail storage is full and how you can fix it.

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