deletions

[rabbits]

Can anyone tell me step by step (sorry to be dim) how to delete emails collectively, rather than one by one. Thankyou

[bednobs]

are you talking about in outlook? or a different email provider?
what i usually do is highlight one at the top by clicking it, then press the shift button and keep it depressed while also pressing the down arrow button. This highlights them all, and then when you press delete, it gets rid of all of them

[Ethel]

Where from?

Outlook, Thunderbird?

Your email inbox such as blueyonder or gmail?

[abcdabcd]

Easiest way to get rid of all your inbox.....
click on "Edit",
click on "Select All"
right click on the emails and select "Delete"

All gone!

Lydia

[brachiopod]

This works in most e-mail clients;


To delete a block of e-mails;

Select first message to delete.
Hold down <Shift> key
Select last message to delete

All messages inbetween will be highlighted and can be deleted ('delete' X button, or right-click > delete)


To delete several messages that are not adjacent;

Select first message to delete.
Hold Down CTRL key
Continue to select messages you want to delete - as long as you keep holding down the CTRL key, they will all remain highlighted.
Delete in the usual way.


When you want to delete the bulk of your messages with a few exceptions, you can use a combination of these, but in reverse;

Select all messages by clicking on the first > hold down <Shift> key > click on last message.

All messages shoul now be highlighted.

Now hold down the CTRL key.
Click on a message you do not want to delete.

This will UNSELECT the message (it will no longer be highlighted). Continue to click on those messages that you want to keep (whilst holding down the CTRL key) until only the bulk of messages to be deleted remain highlighted. Delete these in the normal way.

Try it for yourself !