Mail app - how to select all?

Italianblend · Nov 6, 2012, 06:06 PM

Is there a way to select all messages in the mail app? (ios 6, iphone 4S)? I can't seem to figure it out. Tapping on edit still makes me select each one...

Zcott · Nov 6, 2012, 06:13 PM

Not possible.

lunaoso · Nov 6, 2012, 06:18 PM

You can actually. Click Edit. Check/press any message. Then, the delete, mark, and flag buttons become pressable. Press and hold(That's important) the one you want. Then uncheck the message you pressed. Then let go of the button you are holding. It will do the action to all of them.

Italianblend · Nov 6, 2012, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zcott

Not possible.

You are kidding right?? This is 2012.

Zcott · Nov 7, 2012, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lunaoso

You can actually. Click Edit. Check/press any message. Then, the delete, mark, and flag buttons become pressable. Press and hold(That's important) the one you want. Then uncheck the message you pressed. Then let go of the button you are holding. It will do the action to all of them.

Dear god, he's right! This does work. I stand very corrected!

snappyfool · Nov 7, 2012, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Zcott

Dear god, he's right! This does work. I stand very corrected!

Having tested by flagging them all, it worked, but now I can't do the same to UNflag them all!?

edit: go to the separate flagged inbox to get the mass unflag option with above instructions

lunaoso · Nov 7, 2012, 01:31 PM

Glad I could help guys.

8a22a · Nov 7, 2012, 03:18 PM

Doesn't work for me.

Italianblend · Nov 7, 2012, 03:41 PM

I tried it as well and couldn't get it to work.

lunaoso · Nov 7, 2012, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 8a22a

Doesn't work for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Italianblend

I tried it as well and couldn't get it to work.

Are you sure you are doing it correctly? I've tried it on 3 devices (4S, iPad 1, iPad 2) and others on here have also confirmed. Here are some better directions:

1. Click Edit.
2. Tap on one email.
3. Tap and hold down on one of the three options (Delete, Move, Mark)
4. Untap the message that you checked earlier.
5. Let go of holding onto the option you decided on in step 3.
6. It will have all of the messages selected.

Hope this helps you guys out that couldn't get it before.

Xenc · Nov 7, 2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Italianblend

You are kidding right?? This is 2012.

Selecting all would select ten thousand emails for me. I'm not sure if that's a good idea to do on an iPhone.

lunaoso · Nov 7, 2012, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Xenc

Selecting all would select ten thousand emails for me. I'm not sure if that's a good idea to do on an iPhone.

lol. 10,000 emails sound like a little over kill.

What's the oldest email in your inbox?

Xenc · Nov 7, 2012, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lunaoso

lol. 10,000 emails sound like a little over kill.

What's the oldest email in your inbox?

It's a mixture of emails from a handful of addresses (business and personal). The earliest email from these accounts is dated 1st December 2008: "Gmail is different. Here's what you need to know."

8a22a · Nov 7, 2012, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lunaoso

Are you sure you are doing it correctly? I've tried it on 3 devices (4S, iPad 1, iPad 2) and others on here have also confirmed. Here are some better directions:

1. Click Edit.
2. Tap on one email.
3. Tap and hold down on one of the three options (Delete, Move, Mark)
4. Untap the message that you checked earlier.
5. Let go of holding onto the option you decided on in step 3.
6. It will have all of the messages selected.

Hope this helps you guys out that couldn't get it before.

Ok, it works with Mark, but if you hold down Delete a dialog box pops up.

lunaoso · Nov 7, 2012, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 8a22a

Ok, it works with Mark, but if you hold down Delete a dialog box pops up.

Oh yeah ok cool. I didn't realize that before. It works with mark and move though, which is better then nothing I guess.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenc

It's a mixture of emails from a handful of addresses (business and personal). The earliest email from these accounts is dated 1st December 2008: "Gmail is different. Here's what you need to know."

Wow. I'm impressed.

I haven't gotten more then a thousand emails since I got my email, let alone since 2008.

8a22a · Nov 7, 2012, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by lunaoso

Oh yeah ok cool. I didn't realize that before. It works with mark and move though, which is better then nothing I guess.

I usually need to select the most when deleting.

SCIONTX · Nov 7, 2012, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 8a22a

I usually need to select the most when deleting.

Same here.

lunaoso · Nov 7, 2012, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8a22a

I usually need to select the most when deleting.

I can see mark as read as useful too though, when you haven't checked em recently or something. Still unquestionable that this should be included into iOS by default though.

Italianblend · Nov 8, 2012, 03:59 AM

Does it not bother anyone else that you can't mark mail as read? Email has been around for what, 20 plus years now? And mark all as read has been a staple function for quite some time. It's these little things that apple refuses to do out of stubbornness or wish to be different. It certainly can't be that apple doesn't have the technical know how to implement such a feature.

Gutwrench · Nov 8, 2012, 05:24 AM

What am I reading here? Most of you complain to high heaven if your iDevice has a speck of dust on it or you carry it swaddling in shrink wrap yet your inbox contains hundreds of emails?

I have a personal and company account on my phone and rcv 75-150 emails a day, yet my emails are neatly tucked into their respective folders as soon as I handle them...only actionable pending emails remain in my inbox.

You people are a disgrace to OCD!

C DM · Nov 8, 2012, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Italianblend

Does it not bother anyone else that you can't mark mail as read? Email has been around for what, 20 plus years now? And mark all as read has been a staple function for quite some time. It's these little things that apple refuses to do out of stubbornness or wish to be different. It certainly can't be that apple doesn't have the technical know how to implement such a feature.

Mark as read or unread is one of the options that's available.

GaresTaylan · Nov 8, 2012, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gutwrench

What am I reading here? Most of you complain to high heaven if your iDevice has a speck of dust on it or you carry it swaddling in shrink wrap yet your inbox contains hundreds of emails?

I have a personal and company account on my phone and rcv 75-150 emails a day, yet my emails are neatly tucked into their respective folders as soon as I handle them...only actionable pending emails remain in my inbox.

You people are a disgrace to OCD!

umad?

Gutwrench · Nov 8, 2012, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaresTaylan

umad?

Nope.

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Italianblend Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The Igloo	Does it not bother anyone else that you can't mark mail as read? Email has been around for what, 20 plus years now? And mark all as read has been a staple function for quite some time. It's these little things that apple refuses to do out of stubbornness or wish to be different. It certainly can't be that apple doesn't have the technical know how to implement such a feature. __________________ Grant that I may love You always, and then do with me what You will. -St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
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Zcott macrumors 68000 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Belfast, Ireland	Not possible.
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Nov 6, 2012, 06:18 PM	#3
lunaoso macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New England, USA	You can actually. Click Edit. Check/press any message. Then, the delete, mark, and flag buttons become pressable. Press and hold(That's important) the one you want. Then uncheck the message you pressed. Then let go of the button you are holding. It will do the action to all of them.
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Nov 7, 2012, 01:31 PM	#7
lunaoso macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New England, USA	Glad I could help guys.
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Nov 8, 2012, 05:24 AM	#20
Gutwrench macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2011	What am I reading here? Most of you complain to high heaven if your iDevice has a speck of dust on it or you carry it swaddling in shrink wrap yet your inbox contains hundreds of emails? I have a personal and company account on my phone and rcv 75-150 emails a day, yet my emails are neatly tucked into their respective folders as soon as I handle them...only actionable pending emails remain in my inbox. You people are a disgrace to OCD!
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