How to Delete Multiple Emails in Gmail on PC or Mac

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Last Updated: August 19, 2018

This wikiHow teaches you how to select multiple emails in one of your Gmail mailboxes, and delete all of them at once, using a desktop internet browser.

Steps

1
Open Gmail in an internet browser. Type mail.google.com into the address bar, and hit ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard.
2
Sign in to your Gmail account. Your mailbox will open up to your inbox.
- Enter your email address or phone number.
- Click Next.
- Enter your account password.
- Click Next.
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3
Click one of your mailboxes on the left sidebar. You'll find a list of all your mailboxes on the left-hand side of your screen. Clicking a mailbox will open a list of all the emails here.
4
Click the checkbox next to all the emails you want to delete. You'll find an empty checkbox next to every email on the left-hand side of your emails. Clicking will fill out the checkbox.
- Checked emails will also be highlighted in your mailbox.
5
Click the checkbox on the top-left to select all the emails. You can find this box below the search bar in the upper-left corner of your mailbox. It will select all the emails on this page.
6
Click the
icon next to the checkbox on the top-left. You can find this button next to the Select All checkbox below the search bar. It will open a drop-down menu.
7
Click a label to select all the emails in this category. All the emails in the selected category will be checked and highlighted in your mailbox.
- You can select All, None, Read, Unread, Starred, Unstarred.
8
Click the
icon at the top. You can find it below the search bar at the top. This will delete all the selected emails, and remove them from your mailbox.