How do I archive or delete several conversations at once?

You can select several conversations in your inbox and archive or delete them together.

1. Go to your Inbox, or another folder like Archived or Requests
2. Select the three dots menu at the top of your conversation list and choose "Select Conversations"
3. Select the circle next to each conversation you want. To pick every conversation shown in the list, select "Select All."
4. Select what you want to do with them
5. Confirm your choice

To stop selecting without doing anything, select "Done."

What you can do in each folder

• Inbox and All Mail: "Archive" or "Delete"
• Archived: "Unarchive" or "Delete"
• Requests and Rejected Requests: "Delete"
• Events: "Close," and in Closed, "Re-Open"

Good to know

• You can select up to 1,000 conversations at a time.
• When you select a lot of conversations, it can take a little while. We'll let you know once they're all done.
• Conversations an action doesn't apply to are skipped. For example, a group conversation you haven't left yet isn't deleted, and in All Mail, "Archive" only moves conversations that are in your Inbox.
• Deleting works the same as deleting one conversation: it removes the conversations from your account for good, and the other people still have them. See How do I delete or archive a Message?
• Selecting isn't available in search results.