How To Delete All Flagged Emails On Iphone 6s

I checked my iPhone and found there are 1500 emails in my Mail inbox, I want to bulk delete iPhone emails but recent ones. Is there an easy way to do this other than one-by-one manually?"

-- Apple Community

"How do I delete thousands of emails from my iphone?" is one of the common complaints about iPhone. The initial design of the device doesn't allow people to mass delete email on iphone at once. Users who want to erase unwanted iPhone/iPad emails from the Mail app have to tap every email individually, which is a tedious and time-consuming process. Check below methods for mass delete iphone email. And one free method - Tenorshare iCareFone to backup iPhone data will be showed here.

Method 1. How Do You Mass Delete Emails on iPhone? (All Emails)
Method 2. How Can I Mass Delete Emails on My iPhone (Unread Emails)
Method 3. How Do You Delete Lots Of Emails at Once on iPhone (Same Senders)
Bonus Tips: How to Free Backup Files with Tenorshare iCareFone?

Method 1. How Do You Mass Delete Emails on iPhone? (All Emails)

I spent a few days to figure out how to get rid of thousands of emails on iphone 5/6/6s/7/8/10/11/SE second generation with iOS 10/11/12/13/14 all at once, you can follow these simple steps to fix your issues.

Step 1. Mark all as read

Enter the inbox, select "Edit" > "Mark" > "Mark All as Read".
Step 2. Select all emails.

Select the first message. Tap and hold on the "Move" button, unselect the first one message without releasing the pressing the "Move" button. Then, leave your finger from the "Move" button and you will be brought to file folder screen with all emails selected.
Step 3. Move all emails to trash

Choose the "Trash" file to finishing deleting all emails at once.

If you have moved all your email messages to the trash, you can do a scheduled cleanup of those messages. You can also go into the Trash and click "edit" > "delete all" to empty it all. Press Delete All button at the bottom of the screen, then the mails will be erased out immediately.

Method 2. How Can I Mass Delete Emails on My iPhone (Unread Emails)

Removing all unread emails on the iPhone is not a problem by following the below steps. And this solution can also be used to solve the problem "how to remove flagged emails on iPhone?".

Open your Email app on the iPhone. Go to the inbox, choose the filter icon. Then, tap on Unread to filter by unread.
Hold and tap on the top email to select it, then, tap and slide down with your finger to choose all unread emails. Then, choose "Trash" to delete all emails.

Method 3. How Do You Delete Lots Of Emails at Once on iPhone (Same Senders)

Sometimes, when some emails from the same sender are spam or what is not very important to you, you may want to delete all emails from that sender. You may search the solution of how to get rid of these emails on the iPhone. Here, we will show you an effective method.

Open the Mail app on the iPhone and enter the inbox.
Using the sender's name or email address to search his/her all emails. Tap on "Edit". Then tap on the circle at front for the top email. Press and hold on the "Move" button, click the checkbox of the top email to unselect it with holding on the "Move" button. Then, release the "Move" button. A few seconds, you will be in the email folders screen. Choose "Trash" to delete all your unread emails.

Bonus Tips: How to Free Backup Files with Tenorshare iCareFone?

Excepting the problem of how to mass delete emails on iphone, you may also need to delete other files on your iPhone 12/12 Pro 11/X/8 for storage problems. To free your iPhone storage, you can back up all important files to your PC before deleting them. Tenorshare iCareFone has a free back up feature. It can help you free back up data without any limitations. What's more, you can transfer your WhatsApp from Android to iPhone, iPhone to Android， or iPhone to iPhone with this tool. Below is the backup guide for you.

Download Tenorshare iCareFone. Launch it after installation. Connect your iPhone with your computer using a USB cable.
Select "Backup&Resotre" to choose files you want to back up to the computer. Select the file location and click "Backup" to finish to back up your iPhone files to PC/Mac.

Please note this way only allows you to select multiple emails one by one. If you want to remove all emails at once. You need to use the Gmail Web version on your PC or Mac.

Bottom Line

The above methods can solve your problem "How do i delete thousands of emails from my iphone?". Pick one way which suits your case. If you need to delete iPhone files to release iPhone storage, we suggest you to use Tenorshare iCareFone free Backup function to back up your iPhone data in case to delete important information by mistake.