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I have too many messages in my inbox....can someone help??

Ohkayy I currently have 11,416 unread messages [not including the ones I have read but haven't deleted yet....if counted then it'd be 13,000+] and I was wondering, does anybody have a fast and easier way to delete them all without losing messages that I really need?? Thanks....if there isn't a way, I'll just do it the long way :/

Update:

lol...it all happened too fast....i'd sign up for this and that and then they'd all send me mail and after awhile i just stopped reading my mail, but only from people i know....i'd usually start deleting after 1000, but i guess i got too busy....

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  • 1 decade ago
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    My recommendation is to first switch to the new mail. It has all mail in a single list. No multiple pages. I would then click the box at the top to mark all of them. Then go through and uncheck a few of the latest and then delete all marked items.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    OMG! you need to keep up on your mail!

    Well, you could just delete them all. I really do't think there's a way to do massive amounts of deletion without deleting the important ones. If you create a folder for the ones you want to save and go through your inbox and put them there then you can delete a whole page at a time. There's a little box you can click on the left hand side and above the individual ones, there a box and if you click that one, you can do massive amounts of deletion.

    Hope that helps!

  • 1 decade ago

    Hello,

    You can see "View" in small fonts above the tabs "Delete, Spam" etc., click on it;

    You will get a scroll down list -- All messages, messages from my contacts, etc.;

    Select the one you want -- like unread messages if all of those are Unwanted messages;

    The messages only from that specific category will be displayed;

    If you want to delete all of those, check the box beside to "Sender" then click on "Delete". All of the message in one page will be deleted.

    **For quicker procedure, increase the number of display e-mails to 200 (that is the maximum number of display e-mails)

    If you need any more help, please feel free to e-mail me.

    All the Best. Have a Great Day.

  • 1 decade ago

    Do you use a spam blocker? Is it all mail you want?? if its unknown people delete them all and start over!! I check the ones i want to delete and keep all the good ones ,but i use a spam blocker! and another thing how long have they been building up?? If a short time just report it as you are being used and its spam...I started getting things and found out they were bouncing things using my e-mail not good!! I was asleep at 3 a.m but my address was sending out junk!! delete it! asap

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  • Liz
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Click sender and delete all of them, or like 40 at a time. Takes a while but it wont delete every single one you may be able to save them. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    Or you could use the "check all" feature, then just uncheck the ones you want to keep. Then delete.

    * how do you end up with that many unread messages anyway?!*

  • 1 decade ago

    put all the mail that you know your not going to read straight to junk mail so that you wont have to scroll through and find any important ones.

    after you can delete it all in bulk.

    hope this helps

    xx

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Delete mail or make useless mail bulk

  • 4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    get a new adress and be careful who you give your new email adress to.

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