Gmail Question
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- Miguex
Hello everyone,
I'm running out of space on Gmail and I would love to just delete emails from like 4-5 years ago, is there a quick way to do this or do I have to delete them one by one?
- ********0
use time operators in search:
before:2012/01/01
after:
older:
newer:
I would do a takeout first.
- ********0
or the oder_than:4y
- crap: older!********
- and select all(pay attention to the alert:All 100 conversations on this page are selected. Select all... ), delete.********
- crap: older!
- ********1
if you have some free time, 2-3 hrs, go through them then make sure you won't need them anymore then delete. trust me, you may need even the older emails later on in life, wink. besides if you need to upgrade, go for it, it's worth it. at work, we've also switched to google business at corporate, so that helped too.
- sureshot3
Just delete everything and start with a fresh start!
- craigatkinson0
just buy some more space its very cheap
- Yep, I pay less than two quid a month for an extra 100gb...********
- ^does that come with or without Dumbledore?Hayoth
- You don't travel much do you********
- Yep, I pay less than two quid a month for an extra 100gb...
- ********2
oh and just an other idea you can use the following method to search for huge ass emails:
size:10000000this will list the messages greater than 10MB
- ok_not_ok0
Empty your google drive's trash.
- ********0
Miguex
to backup your entire account go here: (scroll down for mail make sure all mail is selected) google will send you the contents of your mailbox what can be used later (html+base64 encoded attachments) be prepared to download hugeass zips, but it worth
- Miguex0
Thanks guys!
I didn't need to back up anything, I had emails from like 2011 and earlier I just don't need nor want.
Using the time operator search in like 2 minutes I deleted more than 1/2 the space needed, I'm good for a few years now.
Thanks everyone for the help