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How to delete all emails on Gmail

This guide shows you how to bulk select and delete emails in Gmail to quickly clean up your inbox. You will start by navigating to the Google homepage, switching to your Gmail inbox, and then using the select-all checkbox to delete multiple messages at once.

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6 steps 2 min Community template
1

Navigate to the Gmail

Open Gmail from the Google homepage to get started with deleting your emails.

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Navigate to the Gmail
2

Click the select all checkbox

Click the select all checkbox in the top toolbar above the email list.

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Click the select all checkbox
3

Click the Trash icon

Click the Trash icon in the top toolbar to remove the selected emails from your inbox.

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Click the Trash icon
4

Open Gmail's Trash folder

Open Gmail’s Trash folder to review deleted emails. Select Empty Trash now to permanently delete them and clear your mailbox.

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Open Gmail's Trash folder
5

Click the Empty Trash now link

Click the "Empty Trash now" link in the banner above the email list to permanently delete all messages in the trash.

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Click the Empty Trash now link
6

Click the OK button

Click the OK button in the confirmation dialog to proceed with deleting the messages.

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Click the OK button

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