How to Delete Multiple Emails in Outlook Express

You may need to clean out your Outlook Express "Inbox" in order to receive new emails. Although you can delete one email at a time, it is much faster to delete several emails at once.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Outlook Express

Delete Multiple Emails Using the Control Key

1. Open Outlook Express by double-clicking the program icon on your desktop. If you cannot find the icon, click "Start" and find Outlook Express in the program menu.

2. Click an email in your "Inbox" that you want to delete. This highlights or selects the email.

3. Hold down the "Control Button" (ctrl) on your keyboard while clicking any other emails you want to delete.

4. Let go of the "Control Button" (ctrl) when you are finished choosing. The emails will stay highlighted, or selected.

5. Press "Delete" on your keyboard. The selected emails will now be deleted from your "Inbox" and moved to your "Deleted" folder.

Delete Multiple Emails Using the Shift Key

6. Click the first email you want to delete. This highlights or selects the email.

7. Hold down the "Shift" button on your keyboard while clicking the last email you want to delete. This highlights all the emails between the first email you selected and the last email you selected.

8. Let go of the "Shift" button when you are finished choosing. The emails will stay highlighted.

9. Press "Delete" on your keyboard. The selected emails will now be deleted. All deleted emails are in your "Deleted" folder.

Tips & Warnings

• Your deleted emails are in the "Deleted" folder.
• Empty the "Deleted" folder to permanently delete an email message.

[liontamer]

on 6/18/2009 Will the above two methods delete multiple emails from the delete folder?

[lesfort]

on 4/6/2009 Is there a program to automatically delete old emails from a set source? For instance if I only wanted to keep the three lastest Airtran promotions?