hit the label that has the emails you want to select.

For example, to select every email in your Gmail Inbox, clickInbox.

At this point, you have only selected the messages that are visible on the screen.

Screenshot of Select All button in Gmail

It look like this:Select all [#] conversations in [label].

Click thecheckboxabove the search results to select all the messages.

ClickSelect all conversations that match this search.

A list of emails selected in Gmail

To bulk-select lots of messages at once, tap and hold to select one message, then chooseSelect all.

FAQ

Toempty your Gmail inbox, enterin:inboxin the Gmail search field.

Select thecheckboxat the top of the list of emails and then clickSelect all conversations that match this search.

Gmail emails highlighted from a search

Press thetrashcanto move the emails to your Trash folder; they’ll be permanently deleted after 30 days.

Toretrieve archived messages in Gmail, selectAll Mailon the left side of the website.

To recover your deleted Gmail messages, selectMore>Trash.

If you find the email you’re looking for, right-click it and chooseMove to inbox.

Note that emails sent to the Trash folder are permanently deleted after 30 days.