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
    2013-01-26T17:40:23+00:00

    Click on the first message in the folder you want to delete, then control+a which will highlight all the messages in that folder, then click the trash can icon and they will all be removed.  hope that makes sense.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-28T18:46:34+00:00

    There's no way to clear-up Junk folder or Deleted item in touch mail app. the solution is to use mail.live interface which if upgraded to outlook interface is easy to use and has available options even on touch screen tablets (without using CTRL key for multiple checks).

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-29T03:23:12+00:00

    I see that now. Thanks for your interest and help.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-30T14:50:37+00:00

    There's no way to clear-up Junk folder or Deleted item in touch mail app. the solution is to use mail.live interface which if upgraded to outlook interface is easy to use and has available options even on touch screen tablets (without using CTRL key for multiple checks).

    I should think that you can use an onscreen keyboard on a touch interface to select Ctrl+A.

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