How to Bulk Delete Gmail Emails

Bulk deleting in Gmail is fastest when you filter first, then delete in batches.

Method 1: Delete by sender

1. Open Gmail search.
2. Type from:example@sender.com.
3. Click the checkbox to select visible emails.
4. Click the note to select all matching emails.
5. Click delete.

Method 2: Delete by age

Use this query: older_than:1y.

This finds emails older than one year. Select all and delete.

Method 3: Delete by category

Use labels or categories like promotions to clean faster:

• category:promotions
• label:newsletters

Tip

Before deleting a large batch, check important items with:

is:starred

Then exclude them from delete filters.