Deleting emails

How do I delete emails in gmail, short of doing each individually? Besides tipping the computer up and shaking them out.

Daris

Daris, there should be a box above the column of boxes next to each email in your inbox. If you select that box it will select all of the emails and you can unclick the emails that you don't want to delete.

Then you will see a Trash can icon at the top of the page .Check that to send them to the trash folder. On the left side you will see more check that and you will see the trash folder ,check the top box like ken said to remove them from your confuser .

If you have a ton of them you might want to defrag your drive .

I like tipping it over and shaking them out.

Always thinking outside the box.

1. Next to the Search the Web button up top, click Create a filter.
2. In the "Has the words" field, type before:2015/01/01 (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.
3. Click Next step.
4. Check the box marked Delete it, then check the box for Also apply filter to ### conversations below. (Tip: If you want to preserve your mail while still getting it out of your inbox, choose Skip the inbox (Archive it) instead.)
5. Finally, click Create Filter. Depending on how many messages meet the filter criteria, the deletion process may take a minute or two.