Clean out Your Gmail Inbox

This article teaches you how to get rid of unwanted emails in your Gmail Inbox.

10 Second Summary

1. Open the Gmail website.
2. Select an email you wish to filter.
3. Click the "More" menu.
4. Click Filter messages like these.
5. Click Create filter with this search.
6. Click the "Delete it" checkbox.
7. Click Create Filter.

Steps

Creating Filters for Unwanted Emails

  1. Open the Gmail website. If you aren't already logged into your Gmail account, do so with your email address and password.
  2. Select an email you wish to filter. You can do this by clicking the box on the far left side of the email.[1]
  3. Click the "More" menu.
  4. Click Filter messages like these.
  5. Click Create filter with this search.
  6. Click the "Delete it" checkbox.
  7. Click Create Filter. Any incoming emails from your selected sender will now be deleted automatically.

Unsubscribing from Email Lists

  1. Open the Gmail website. If you aren't already logged in, enter your email address and password to do so.
  2. Click an email from which you wish to unsubscribe.
  3. Find the "Unsubscribe" link. Most email lists' emails give you an option at the bottom of the email to unsubscribe from the sender.
  4. Click the unsubscribe link.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions. For most email lists, clicking the "Unsubscribe" link is enough to unsubscribe you immediately. However, some lists may require you to take an exit survey or something similar.
    • Regardless of semantics, clicking the Unsubscribe link will take you to the sender's webpage (for example, the Best Buy site) to confirm your choice.
  6. Consider marking the sender as Spam. If your email list doesn't provide you with an option to unsubscribe, you can flag it as spam to avoid seeing it in your inbox.
    • To do this, click the exclamation mark icon in the top-of-the-screen toolbar while the email is selected or open.
    • You'll still need to delete these emails from your "Spam" folder in the left-side options tree to remove them from your account entirely.

Deleting Emails from a Specific Sender

  1. Open the Gmail website. You'll need to enter your email address and password if you aren't already logged in.
  2. Click the search bar. This is at the top of your Gmail inbox.
  3. Type in a sender's name.
  4. Tap ↵ Enter.
  5. Select all emails you wish to delete. Do this by clicking the checkbox on the far left side of an email's bar.
    • You can also click the Select All checkbox in the top left corner of your inbox to select all mail from this sender.
    • If you want to select all mail from a sender, you may have to click "Select all conversations that match this search" above your email list.
  6. Click the trash can icon. This is in the toolbar at the top of your page.
  7. Click Trash. It's in the options tree on the left side of the screen.
  8. Click Empty Trash now. Your selected sender's emails should now be gone.
    • If you choose not to empty the trash now, your emails will stay there for 30 days before being automatically deleted.

Deleting Mail Older Than a Certain Date

  1. Open the Gmail website. If you aren't already logged in, enter your email address and password to do so.
  2. Decide on a cut-off date. For example, if you want to delete all mail from three months ago and later, you would use three months before today's date as your cut-off date.
  3. Click the search bar. It's at the top of the Gmail page.
  4. Type "in:inbox before:YYYY/MM/DD". Exclude the quotes.
    • For example, you might type "in:inbox before:2016/07/08" to view all mail from before July 8th, 2016.
  5. Click the Select All checkbox. You can find this in the top left corner of your inbox, directly beneath the search bar.
  6. Click Select all conversations that match this search. This option is to the right of the "All (number) conversations on this page are selected" text at the top of your inbox.
  7. Click the trash can icon. You can find it in the toolbar at the top of the page.
  8. Click Trash. This is in the options tree on the left side of the screen.
  9. Click Empty Trash now. Your inbox should now be devoid of emails before your selected date.
    • If you choose not to empty the trash now, your emails will stay there for 30 days before being automatically deleted.

Tips

  • Filtering email lists is often more effective than unsubscribing.

Warnings

  • Emails in the trash still take up space.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.pcworld.com/article/2985419/google-services/googles-gmail-finally-adds-the-ability-to-block-email-but-theres-a-better-way.html
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