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Default Oct 26, 2022 at 11:48 PM
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Hi,

My inbox has over 500 PM's in it. Way too many. I want to delete all the old ones, but I'm getting nowhere with trying to figure out how to do so. I ticked the little boxes until my eyes were sore, clicked on "delete" on the drop-down menu, and nothing happened.

If someone wants to explain to me how to do it, I'd sure be appreciative

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Default Oct 27, 2022 at 02:32 AM
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No box ticking needed!

The top box controls what folder is displayed. There is an italicized phrase in that top box that says "Empty folder". Hit that.
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Default Oct 27, 2022 at 04:27 AM
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You could also select messages and then pull the drop box and click “delete selected messages”
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Default Oct 27, 2022 at 06:17 AM
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Did you press the "Go" button next to the drop down after you selected "Delete"?

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Default Oct 27, 2022 at 10:49 AM
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I delete old PMs one at a time. That's why my box is chronically nearly full. I have no plans to change that yet. (or probably ever)

I second Doc John's post.

I think unaluna's suggestion might result in ALL the PMs being deleted, not just the older ones, but I could be wrong. I did similar once somewhere else. I lost a whole lot of stuff I had wanted to keep.

I would agree with Divine's post - ''delete selected messages''

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Default Oct 27, 2022 at 12:37 PM
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Yep, thats what "empty folder" means. i wish gmail would have such a function.
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Thanks, folks. I don't think I noticed a "go" button, but I'll look for it. Wish me luck!

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Yep, it was that little "Go" button that did the job. Except that I was sailing along, deleting away - and did exactly what I meant not to do, which was deleted PM's from this week. *sigh*

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Thanks, folks. I don't think I noticed a "go" button, but I'll look for it. Wish me luck!
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Default Oct 28, 2022 at 04:03 PM
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Thanks, willowtigger. All of my PM's are gone (due to my lack of tech skill), but now some new ones are coming.

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