This wikiHow teaches you how to select multiple emails in a Gmail mailbox, and delete all of them at once, using an iPhone or iPad.
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1Open the Gmail app on your iPhone or iPad. The Gmail icon looks like a white envelope with a red lining. You can find it on your home screen or in an app folder.
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2Tap the round thumbnail next to an email. Find an email you want to delete, and tap the contact thumbnail next to it on the left-hand side.
- This will select the email, and turn the contact thumbnail into a gray checkmark icon.
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3Select all the emails you want to delete. Scroll down your mailbox, and tap every email you want to delete.
- A checkmark will appear next to every selected email.
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4Tap theicon at the top. This button is located in the upper-right corner of your screen. It will delete all the selected emails, and remove them from your mailbox.
- You'll see a notification at the bottom of your screen when you delete an email.
- If you delete the wrong email, tap UNDO next to the notification bar on the bottom-right. This will undo your action, and retrieve all the deleted emails.
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QuestionHow do I delete multiple promotional emails from my Gmail account on my iPad?Community AnswerDo this is by using the search bar. Type in either the subject (which doesn’t work as well sometimes) or the specific sender email address (which seems to work pretty well). Unfortunately it doesn’t come up with all the email but at least some of them.
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1. Open Gmail.
2. Tap the round thumbnail next to an email.
3. Tap another email to select it.
4. Continue selecting all the emails you wish to delete.
5. Tap the Trash icon on the top-right.
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