How to delete multiple emails at once in Microsoft Outlook and empty your inbox faster
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Dave Johnson
Jun 12, 2020, 05:16 IST
You can delete batches of emails through Microsoft Outlook in a few easy steps.Allmy/Shutterstock
You can delete multiple emails at once when your Outlook inbox or any other Outlook folder is cluttered.
Using the Shift and CTRL keys, you can choose a consecutive series of emails or any set of non-consecutive messages for deletion.
Select multiple emails in the Outlook mobile app by tapping and holding a message to enter the app's selection mode.
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Unless you practice a time management strategy like Inbox Zero, your Outlook inbox is probably overrun with email. Some may be relevant, but many more are likely obsolete and simply cluttering your view of more urgent messages.
To help clean up your inbox, the email client offers a way to quickly and efficiently delete multiple emails at once. The process for removing multiple emails is the same no matter what version of Outlook you use but is slightly different depending on whether you're on a desktop or the mobile app.
Here are several handy tactics for selecting and deleting multiple emails.
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