You can also unsubscribe while you are there to prevent future emails. Simply click on “Filter messages like this” and create a filter to delete all of them. But this search is a great starting point. Now you can go through search results and check any email you don’t think you need to keep. Not all emails here are likely to be worth deleting (I usually refer back to my most important email subscriptions if I forget a link or need a citation for a blog post, for example). If you are a blogger who hasn’t disabled comments, you’re probably getting email notifications each time a comment is pending approval or waiting for your reply. While these are probably useful for a “one-time notification”, there’s no reason to keep them in your inbox/archive.
Tip #2: Delete All Blog Comment Notifications # Instead, create a calendar reminder to do the regular clean up at least quarterly. Chances are, you’ll need those updates only once in a lifetime.īonus Tip: Don’t create a filter to delete those emails, as this will delete all the future updates as well. This way you’ll filter out all the automated updates that come from bots (such as social media friend requests ( calendar reminders ( etc.).
In case you don’t know how to delete all emails filtered by your search, here’s a quick how-to: Tip #1: Delete Automated Updates # So why clutter your email archive? The Basics: Deleting Emails in Gmail # However, in some cases there’s absolutely no point in saving some of your emails - you’ll never get back to them. I receive and read my email using Thunderbird, but I use the Gmail web interface to find all the past correspondence (which can be accessed from any computer - provided I remember my login details). The reason is simple: I love Gmail search and I often use it to find past conversations and bring up old contacts.
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