Hi all, Since we are talking about deleting messages in gmail, is there a way to select all the messages in the inbox? This is the iPhone I'm asking about. As of right now I go to edit and select them one by one. There should be a select all. Sabrina
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 31, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't have an All Mail folder on my iPhone. I don't exactly know why, > since I do have one on Gmail. I looked around to see if I could > subscribe to that folder on my iPhone, but I didn't find anything right > away. Maybe there's a way to unsubscribe from that folder and then you > wouldn't see it on your iPhone. > > The All Mail folder is just a listing of every message you have in every > folder. Any message with any label is going to be seen in your All Mail > folder. It's not a copy of another message. Remember in Gmail, folders > are just labels, so you don't have duplicates of the same message no > matter how many folders it shows up in. > > If you could move a message from your All Mail folder to your Trash > folder then it would still appear in your All Mail folder since it's in > your Trash folder. If you want messages to be deleted automatically from > your All Mail folder than move that message into your Trash folder. If > that's the only label the message has then it'll be deleted after 30 or > 60 days. I don't remember what the time out period is. > > On 31/08/12 19:14, Regina Alvarado wrote: >> Well, I have a question about the all mail folder. Can I use the same edit >> and flick method to delete from the all mail folder into the trash. Does >> google ever empty that folder? Thanks in advance. >> Reggie >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Scott Davert >> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 9:00 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: gmail account >> >> Hi Kirsten. >> I typically don't delete my messages in this manor, though it does >> work. Archiving is something entirely different, it stores your >> messages, quite litterally, in an archive. What I do to delete >> messages is as follows: >> When you know exactly what messages you wish to delete, when in the >> Inbox folder, and not a message, find the edit button located to the >> right of the heading for the title of the folder. Activate this, and >> then begin flicking right and double tapping the messages you wish to >> delete. At the bottom of the current view of messages is a move >> button. Double tap the move button and this will bring up a list of >> folders. Navigate to the trash folder, double tap, and all those >> messages you earlier selected will be moved to your Trash folder, and >> ultimatley deleted after 2 weeks on your phone. Note that this does >> not delete your messages from the Gmail server, it moves them into the >> trash folder. >> >> HTH, >> Scott >> >> On 8/31/12, Kirsten Edmondson <kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> I have just added my gmail account to my iphone, and it works successfully >>> to send and receive messages, but randomly I don't have a delete button. I >>> can't find a delete button when at the bottom of the screen when I have >> the >>> message open or when I click edit and then select the messages. There is a >>> different button called "archive" is this the same thing? >>> Did I set up the account up wrong? >>> Sorry for my ignorance! >>> Many thanks >>> >>> Kirsten Edmondson >>> kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com >>> 07867978791 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
