How do I delete all emails in the "inbox" - Page 2

tumbleweeds · 05-20-2012, 03:12 PM

It doesn't affect your current emails. Basically it removes the space left from the deleted emails.

Visualize it as if this symbol | represents a single email message. Before compacting the messages in your Inbox would be arranged like: |.....|..|......|...|.|......|...|..|......|
and after compacting they would be like ||||||||||

njboy · 05-24-2012, 02:50 PM

Oldtimer, I also have Outlook and it is on Windows XP. Here is how I do it. I go to Inbox and then click a combination of keys Ctrl + A. This way you select all of your messages. After that, when all of the messages are selected, just click Delete :-) I hope that helps!

05-20-2012, 03:12 PM	#11
tumbleweeds Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 121	It doesn't affect your current emails. Basically it removes the space left from the deleted emails. Visualize it as if this symbol \| represents a single email message. Before compacting the messages in your Inbox would be arranged like: \|.....\|..\|......\|...\|.\|......\|...\|..\|......\| and after compacting they would be like \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| __________________

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05-24-2012, 02:50 PM	#12
njboy Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Clifton Posts: 14	Oldtimer, I also have Outlook and it is on Windows XP. Here is how I do it. I go to Inbox and then click a combination of keys Ctrl + A. This way you select all of your messages. After that, when all of the messages are selected, just click Delete :-) I hope that helps!