How To Delete iCloud Emails: A Step-by-step Guide In 2024 (2024)

Why Deleting iCloud Emails is Important

If you no longer need an email and won’t need it later, why keep it? There are people (like me) who tend to hold onto things for longer than necessary. Over time, those items you should get rid of start taking up too much space and make it harder to locate what you do need.

Emails work the same way. If you want to save a message for reference or in case you need it later, you can move it to a folder. But if you have hopes of reaching inbox zero or at least a manageable mailbox, you’ll never achieve it unless you’re willing to say good-bye to unneeded messages.

You can free up storage space, find messages faster, and enjoy a clean inbox when you delete iCloud mail.

How to Delete All iCloud Emails

Maybe you’ve been performing a regular cleanup of your iCloud inbox and can simply remove all current messages. Or perhaps you’ve done the opposite but have backed up the emails you want to save and can safely dispose of what remains.

Either way, here’s how to delete all emails on iCloud using Mac, iPhone and iPad, and iCloud.com. Additionally, you can use Clean Email to remove messages in a snap.

Delete All iCloud Emails on Mac

Open the Mail app on your Mac and follow these steps to delete all iCloud emails.

1. Choose your iCloud inbox in the left-hand menu. Note that you may need to expand All Inboxes first.
2. Select all messages by clicking Edit → Select All in the menu bar or using the keyboard shortcut Command + A.



3. Do one of the following to remove all messages:
   • Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
   • Right-click (control-click) and pick Delete.
   • Pick Edit → Delete in the menu bar.
   • Click the Delete button (trash can) in the top toolbar.

1. You’ll see an alert letting you know the number of messages you have selected. Confirm that you want to remove them by choosing Delete.

To view your deleted messages, expand your iCloud mailbox in the left-hand menu and pick Trash.

Delete All iCloud Emails on iPhone

If you use iCloud mail on your mobile device, you can delete all emails on iPhone and iPad too. Open the Mail app and follow along below.

1. Choose your iCloud inbox on the Mailboxes screen.
2. Tap Edit on the top right.
3. Tap Select All on the top left.



4. Pick Trash on the bottom right.
5. Confirm by choosing Trash All in the pop-up window.

To view your deleted messages, expand iCloud on the Mailboxes screen and pick Trash.

Delete All iCloud Emails on the Web

Happen to be browsing around the web? You can quickly remove all emails by visiting iCloud Mail, signing in, and following these steps.

1. Click Inbox in the left-hand menu.
2. Use the keyboard shortcut Command + A to select all messages.
3. Do one of the following to delete the messages:
   • Pick Trash in the message preview area.
   • Right-click and choose Trash.
   • Press your Delete key.

1. Confirm by clicking Delete in the pop-up window.

To view your deleted messages, select Trash in the left-hand menu.

Delete All Emails Using Clean Email

With Clean Email, you can easily remove all iCloud messages using the web, desktop, and mobile app.

1. Log in to Clean Email with your iCloud account.
2. Choose All Mail in the left-hand menu and pick Select at the top.



3. Then choose Select All.
4. At the bottom, choose Delete to permanently remove the emails or Trash to move them to the Trash folder.



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5. Select Confirm to remove the messages.

How to Delete iCloud Emails in Bulk

You may not want to remove all messages, but a certain group of them for a previous event or project. Let’s walk through how to mass delete emails on iCloud using your Apple devices, web, and Clean Email.

While you’ll remove these messages using the same actions as above, the difference is in the way you select them.

Mass Delete iCloud Emails on Mac

To delete multiple emails on Mac for your iCloud account, open the Mail app and follow these steps.

1. Choose your iCloud inbox in the left-hand menu.
2. Do one of the following to select the messages:
   • For consecutive emails, choose the first one, hold Shift, and choose the last email. You’ll see that group of messages highlighted.
   • For nonconsecutive emails, choose the first one, hold Command, and choose each additional email. You’ll then see this group highlighted.

1. Press your Delete key, right-click and pick Delete, select Edit → Delete in the menu bar, or click the Delete button in the top toolbar.



2. Confirm that you want to remove the messages with Delete.

Like deleting all emails, you can find these messages in your Trash folder.

Mass Delete iCloud Emails on iPhone

It’s just as simple to remove multiple iCloud emails in the Mail app on your mobile device.

1. Choose your iCloud inbox on the Mailboxes screen.
2. Select Edit on the top right.
3. Tap the empty circle to the left of each message to place a checkmark.
4. Pick Trash on the bottom right.
5. Confirm by choosing Trash Selected Messages.

Again, you can select Trash in your iCloud mailbox to view the deleted messages.

Mass Delete iCloud Emails on the Web

If you’re wondering how to delete mail from iCloud on the web, start by selecting the messages just like in Mail on Mac.

1. Click Inbox in the left-hand menu and select the messages one of these ways:
   • For consecutive messages, choose the first one, hold Shift, and choose the last email.
   • For nonconsecutive messages, choose the first one, hold Command, and choose each additional email.

1. Pick Trash in the preview area, right-click and choose Trash, or press Delete.



2. Confirm by clicking Delete in the pop-up window.

Select Trash in the menu to see your deleted emails.

Mass Delete Emails Using Clean Email

With Clean Email, you can quickly remove multiple iCloud emails on any device.

1. Select your iCloud Inbox in the menu.
2. Pick Select at the top and then mark the messages you want to delete.
3. Choose Delete or Trash at the bottom.
4. Select Confirm to remove the messages.

Important: In Clean Email, messages are grouped by sender (name and email) by default, though you can also group them by other parameters. As a result, you will see and manage message bundles from each sender address in your inbox, rather than individual messages.

To delete specific messages while keeping others:

1. Click on the sender to view all messages from that address.
2. Select the checkboxes next to the unwanted messages.
3. Click Trash to move them to the Trash folder, or click Delete for permanent removal.

Keep Your iCloud Inbox Tidy with Clean Email

Along with the ability to delete all iCloud emails or remove specific ones in bulk, Clean Email offers features that help you manage and organize iCloud emails. From viewing and removing related messages to automatically deleting or moving them, look at how Clean Email is the ideal mailbox manager.

Find related messages using Clean Email’s automatic filter system. Expand Smart Folders in the menu and pick a folder. You’ll see emails related to travel, food delivery, seasonal sales, social notifications, and more. Then, use the same steps as above to remove these types of emails in bulk.

Create inbox rules to automatically delete or trash messages. You can set up conditions like from a certain sender, with particular keywords, or older emails. Then, choose Delete to permanently remove the messages or Trash to move them to the same-named folder.

By taking a minute to create an automated rule, you can save time later from manually managing messages.

Too many newsletters, marketing messages, or promotional emails in your iCloud inbox? With Unsubscriber, you can remove your email address from mailing lists and automatically send existing messages to the Trash.

While Apple Mail offers an unsubscribe feature, it doesn’t allow you to unsubscribe in bulk like Clean Email.

Wrap-Up

Now that you know how to clean iCloud Mail, you can enjoy a decluttered inbox. Whether you use the Mail app or iCloud.com, you can regain storage space and find messages faster. Just remember that Clean Email provides flexible tools for deleting messages and more advanced features for continuous inbox management.

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