Deleting ALL emails at once on iOS 5???

I've long wanted a way to delete a range of emails at one time rather than having to click "edit" and then tap each email - then click delete. Apple should create a way to tag a range of emails so you can mass delete easier.

i have wanted a feature like this since day 1....still cant believe Apple haven't included an option to do so.

daftpunkstu said:

I cant see the point in deleting them off your phone. It doesnt slow it down, you're wanting to keep them on your computer and so it just seems pointless

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You guys are missing the point in trying to defend Apple's short sighted policy.

I almost think they didn't include it because they have no idea how real business works.

All they need to do is add a mark all, then let me choose delete or read.

Everyone is happy and it is so easy to implement.

One of the reasons I can't wait to jailbreak my phone again.

Solution

BGTHEMOGUL said:

Thank you for trying to help clarify this. It really is so simple to fix.

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Try this:
1. Go to the account
2. Select the inbox.
3. Tap edit & select any email
4. Hold down the MOVE button
5. While holding the Move button, deselect the email
6. Release the Move button
7. Select the folder where you'd like to move the mail

It worked for me (iPad 2, iOS 5). It may seem like a lot of steps, but when you actually do it, it's not as hard as it reads.

(Thanks, RPeoplesPhoto)

BGTHEMOGUL said:

Did Apple not implement a way to delete ALL emails at once in iOS 5? I find it very hard to believe there is still no option to do so. Am I overlooking something here?

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You are over looking ever being satisifed.

bLink-404 said:

Try this:
1. Go to the account
2. Select the inbox.
3. Tap edit & select any email
4. Hold down the MOVE button
5. While holding the Move button, deselect the email
6. Release the Move button
7. Select the folder where you'd like to move the mail

It worked for me (iPad 2, iOS 5). It may seem like a lot of steps, but when you actually do it, it's not as hard as it reads.

(Thanks, RPeoplesPhoto)

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Wow, just tried this now and it worked!
Amazing, thank you so much.
I tried it with Mark instead of Delete and that worked.

It seems to crash my iPhone 4S but on the iPad, no problems.

Zimmy68 said:

Wow, just tried this now and it worked!
Amazing, thank you so much.
I tried it with Mark instead of Delete and that worked.

It seems to crash my iPhone 4S but on the iPad, no problems.

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You're welcome, buddy

WytRaven said:

...and how many people do you think need to regularly delete all their emails? This request is what is ridiculous

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Every single person living in Japan, where they've left SMS to die long ago and just use mobile email to send text messages to each other as everyone is assigned a mobile email address for messaging at the time of activation? Not to mention that in Japan, sending messages is the de facto standard over voice calls. You very quickly end up with a cluttered inbox with 10,000 mobile messages. Remember, just because you don't use email on your phone, doesn't mean other parts of the world don't--in Japan, it's the primary contact method.

daftpunkstu said:

I cant see the point in deleting them off your phone. It doesnt slow it down, you're wanting to keep them on your computer and so it just seems pointless

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Get a few thousand of them and it does slow the phone down excessively. Sure you could sit there and delete them day in day out, but who wants to sit around doing that when there should be a simple function to delete them all at once?

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People should stop making excuses for basic functionality Apple should've included. If Android didn't implement this basic, obvious, USEFUL function and Apple did, everyone here would LOL @ how stupid Android would be.

bLink-404 said:

Try this:
1. Go to the account
2. Select the inbox.
3. Tap edit & select any email
4. Hold down the MOVE button
5. While holding the Move button, deselect the email
6. Release the Move button
7. Select the folder where you'd like to move the mail

It worked for me (iPad 2, iOS 5). It may seem like a lot of steps, but when you actually do it, it's not as hard as it reads.

(Thanks, RPeoplesPhoto)

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Thats awesome I've been looking for a way to mark all emails as read for ages.

Shame its not more obvious

Go to your inbox, hit ctrl+A, then hit delete.

BGTHEMOGUL said:

You must not be in any type of business that requires the use of email. Who needs to have copies of all their emails on their phone when they have them already on their computer inbox? You not understanding that is what's ridiculous!

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I use IMAP mail, not POP, so deleting all the emails on my iPhone would, in turn, delete all emails off the server, and thus when I looked in my inbox, I would have no emails there eithor.

Well...

It's your duty to pick a phone that has software that fits your needs. If you don't educate yourself then you can blame yourself.

I have my email set up through exchange and when I read it in one place it reads it every where. If i delete it on my computer its gone on my iPhone and iPad.

i have the answer. i have posted it under a new thread.

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14521129#post14521129

BGTHEMOGUL said:

This way when I have my emails coming to my phone I can delete all once I retrieve them onto my computer. There's no need to have them on the phone once they're already in my email client on my Macbook Pro.

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Since most people use IMAP or Exchange on the phone this wouldn't be really beneficial. Why don't you just delete the mail profile on your phone if you only want to view it on your mac? I myself find it incredibly useful if I'm out of the office and need to dig something up in my mail, but if you don't use it like that, it really doesn't make sense to even have on your phone. I can also see you coming back in 2 days complaining that Apple deleted all your mail.

I'm not caught up on the thread, so you can disregard my comment, but it's amazing to see people criticizing someone for requesting Apple implement such simple features.

This isn't the first time people on this board have been harangued for the audacity of wanting a feature Apple hasn't put in yet. So unless Apple puts it in, no one must need it, and if they ask for it, they should change their method of usage or switch to a different phone? What if the OP is very much invested in everything else iOS does?

The fact of the matter is, iOS is amazing, but in some areas, it is strangely backward. People who refuse to admit this, is actually doing disservice to Apple's branding.

EDIT: I posted this in another thread, but I think some of it is apt and relevant to this one...

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what I'm about to say is coming from an Apple fan.

The ones who continuously propagate the myth that Apple products, namely the iPhone in this case, are perfect and "just work" are actually doing disservice to the brand and to other fans of the iPhone. And so when I recommend an iPhone to people who have bought into this myth, and something doesn't work, people are confused and feel mislead. They risk becoming disenchanted.

While problems may not have happened to you personally, the fact of the matter is that glitches and problems do exist. Antennaegate, disappearing icons, a keyboard that can't keep up with fast thumbing speeds (have you seen how many iPhone autocorrection websites there are out there for our entertainment and amusement?), folders sometimes causing lag, etc. The list goes on.

So if you truly are an Apple fan (or a fan of anything), the best way to promote it is to actually be honest and realistic about it.This is known as intellectual honesty, and in the long run, that'll do better service to Apple.
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We definitley need a delete all button

WytRaven said:

...and how many people do you think need to regularly delete all their emails? This request is what is ridiculous

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I have over 4 billion unread emails. We definitley NEED a delete all button.