Mobile Phones Android How to Delete Gmail Emails Faster on Android Delete in bulk and swipe to delete for quicker email management by Jordan Baranowski Writer Jordan Baranowski is a former Lifewire writer and educator with experience writing for SVG, The Nerd Stash, and Feast Magazine. our editorial process Twitter LinkedIn Jordan Baranowski Updated on December 08, 2020 reviewed by Jon Fisher Lifewire Tech Review Board Member Jonathan Fisher is a CompTIA certified technologist with more than 6 years' experience writing for publications like TechNorms and Help Desk Geek. our review board Article reviewed on Aug 07, 2020 Jon Fisher Android Switching from iOS Tweet Share Email What to Know Tap the icon to the left of the emails you want to delete in a Gmail folder to select them. Then tap the Delete icon.Tap the three-line menu > Settings > General settings > Swipe actions > Change > Delete to change the swipe action for single emails. This article explains how to delete Gmail emails in the official Gmail app for Android by deleting multiple emails at the same time or by swiping to delete single emails. How to Delete Multiple Gmail Emails at Once Deleting Gmail messages one by one takes time. Remove emails from the Gmail app for Android faster by deleting them in bulk or by setting up a special swipe motion to remove them in seconds. When you delete more than one Gmail message at once, space in your Gmail account is freed up and your phone or tablet performs better. Emails with attachments take up storage space in your Google account, and if downloaded, use up phone storage, too. Follow these steps to delete more than one email at a time or to delete all of your Gmail emails in bulk. Open the folder that contains the emails you want to remove in Gmail. In order to select multiple email messages, you must display all the emails in a folder. Tap the icon to the left of an email you want to delete in Gmail. Or, press and hold the message to select it. Select the icon next to any other emails you want to remove from Gmail. There isn't a way to select every message in a folder using the Android app. To remove every email in Gmail, you'll need to access your account from a web browser. Tap the Delete icon. The selected messages are deleted. How to Quickly Delete Single Gmail Emails Using swipe to delete in Gmail makes it a breeze to remove messages because you can swipe one email after the other to quickly remove several messages. You don't have open an email to press the Delete icon. To delete Gmail messages by setting up a swipe action: Tap the three-lined menu at the top left of Gmail, and then select Settings. Go to General settings > Swipe actions. Tap Change for the Right swipe or Left swipe, and choose Delete. Tap the Back arrow to return to your email, and then swipe the correct direction to remove emails. If your Gmail account is set up to use IMAP, removing Gmail emails from your Android also deletes them from other devices that are connected to the same Gmail account using IMAP. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit