How do I mass delete junk mail in Hotmail on Windows 8?

Anonymous
2012-11-22T20:52:08+00:00

How can I mass delete emails from my junk and deleted folder?  Takes too long to highlight and delete 7 or 8 at a time.

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Anonymous
2012-11-24T13:51:42+00:00

Hi atomikbomb,

Certainly, there is an option of delete all of these emails in the Junk and deleted folders. There are two ways of going about manually- which means, you have to perform yourself the steps below:

  1. After signing in to your account, go to each of this folder.
  2. On the top of these emails, tick the box before the word ALL.
  3. Click delete menu above Junk or Deleted folder.

Another way to do it manually is doing the following steps:

  1. Hover the mouse cursor over the folder.
  2. Right click and choose empty folder.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-10T05:09:53+00:00

    Same problem here...No way to mass delete using Mail in Win 8. I routinely get 50 to 100 junk mails per day. I'm deleting messages one at a time from Inbox and Junk mail, then I have to delete them again all individually from Deleted folder. There has to be another way, I cant imagine the mass delete feature is not available?

    This is the right forum?  Its labeled Win 8, Email & Communications.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-07T21:23:19+00:00

    Hello everyone,

    If you are accessing your account through web mail, you can try these steps below.

    1. On your mail page, you can see the folders on the left pane.
    2. Right click the folder you want to empty.
    3. On the pop up box that will appear, select Empty folder.

    In case you are using mail app on Windows 8, please post to the right forum. These are the best people that can help you.

    Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-12-04T00:05:39+00:00

    That didn't work for me

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-03T15:31:22+00:00

    that sends them all to the "deleted" folder.  they are still there till you repeat that procedure in the "deleted" folder.

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