Good info! Thanks Linda. ___________________________________________________________________ Denny Huff Gateway For the Blind LLC. PO Box 515 St. Clair, MO 63077 Phone: (636) 262-1383 FAX: (314) 558-0298 WWW.GatewayForTheBlind.Com
Have questions about that IPhone, IPad or IPod Touch? Join the IDevices list serve and get answers to your questions and find out tips and tricks about using those devices. To join send an email message to: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 3BlindMice Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 7:11 PM To: [email protected]; Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: [ATI] Deleting messages in Gmail Hi Ken and all.. I have used this and it works. Only thing I would recommend is deleting the filter after you accomplish the deletion. Hope this can help some people. Linda How to Bulk-Delete Gmail Messages By Rick Broida , PCWorld Aug 22, 2011 1:11 PM print Gmail Reader Al wants to know "how to delete several thousand messages in the Gmail inbox, all at the same time." As Al notes, Gmail lets you select and delete only a screen's worth of mail at a time. So how can you work past that? How can you bulk-delete Gmail messages? The trick lies in creating a filter that deletes mail older than whatever date you specify. Here's how: 1. Open your Web browser, head to Gmail, and sign into your account. 2. Next to the Search the Web button up top, click Create a filter . 3. In the "Has the words" field, type before:2010/01/01 . That's just an example date; it would delete all messages received prior to January 1 of last year. You can use any date you want, as long as it conforms to the format YYYY/MM/DD. 4. Click Next step . 5. Check the box marked Delete it , then check the box for Also apply filter to ### conversations belo w. (Tip: If you want to preserve your mail while still getting it out of your inbox, choose Skip the inbox (Archive it) instead.) 6. Finally, click Create Filter . Depending on how many messages meet the filter criteria, the deletion process may take a minute or two. Just make sure you really want to permanently delete all that mail. Unless you're approaching your storage limit, the smarter move is to archive it instead. That way it'll still be available when your run searches, but won't clutter up your inbox. Contributing Editor Rick Broida _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
