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Deleting messages

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Margaret

Margaret Report 31 May 2016 17:04

Is there a quick way of deleting all my messages in my in box so i can start afresh :-S

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 31 May 2016 17:10

There is a little white box to the left of each message.

If you click on the box, a tick will appear and "Delete" will appear at the top.

You can then click on all the boxes on that page and then click on "Detete" to remove all the messages from that page.

There might be a quicker way.........but that is the only way I know.

Do note that messages don't take up any space on your computer........they are stored with GR.

Prickles. ';))

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 31 May 2016 17:14

Actually........there is a white box above the first message on the page.

If you click that........it will "Select All".......... then click on "Delete"

It saves you ticking all the boxes on that page.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Rambling

Rambling Report 31 May 2016 17:18

Be careful though, if one of them contains family tree info that you can't tie in at the moment, probably best not to delete it, it may come in handy in the future.

Researching:

Margaret

Margaret Report 31 May 2016 17:23

Thank you

Island

Island Report 31 May 2016 17:31

Put the ones you want to save into folders first. Then you can delete the unimportant ones left in your inbox a page at a time

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 31 May 2016 17:57

Bear in mind that Google holds copies of all the GR public groups and even if you delete yr messages the Google copy remains.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 31 May 2016 18:49

I just don't understand why you want to bother deleting them. As has been said before they don't take up any space on your computer. I often go back to my messages when I find someone that I have been in contact with earlier. I go back to the message to see what or who we were talking about.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)