Other times, they take steps that leave users dumbfounded. Here’s one example. Apple for the longest time made it unnecessarily difficult to mass delete messages in its Mail app. With iOS 9, Apple finally saw the light and baked in a “delete all” feature… only to backtrack and remove the option a year later with iOS 10. If you’re like me and receive a ton of spam daily, not being able to clean out an inbox in a hurry is a major inconvenience. Fortunately, there’s a nifty workaround that’ll allow you to quickly delete all of the messages in your Mail inbox once again.
With the Mail app open and in your inbox, tap the “Edit” button in the top right corner then select any message to put a checkmark beside it.
From there, tap and hold “Move” at the bottom of the screen with one finger then tap the message you just selected to “uncheck” it and remove your other finger from the “Move” button. This will bring you to a new screen where you can select “Trash” to move all of the messages from your inbox to the trash.
It’s a bit cumbersome but it certainly beats having to manually select each and every message for deletion. Now, if Apple could just regain its sense and bring back the “delete all” function in iOS 11…
5 days, 5 killer tech tips is a TechSpot monthly feature
This week we’re publishing 5 killer tech tips for iPhone and iOS users.
Day 1: How to Squeeze the Most Out of Your iPhone’s Battery Day 2: How to Easily Make iPhone Ringtones Using Only iTunes Day 3: Hidden Siri Commands and Responses You Do Not Know Of Day 4: How to Mass Delete Messages in iPhone’s Mail App Day 5: Parental Controls: How to Lock Down Your Kids’ iOS Devices
