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[tish48]

how can I empty deleted emails on windows 8 

[Leho]

Tish

Please advise which email program you are using. eg Outlook, hotmail, gmail ??

Leho

[tish48]

 I am on hotmail the recycle bin is on the desk top ,I have tried every thing that I can think of

[Leho]

Tish

I have an Hotmail account and am using Windows 8.

I discovered that my deleted folder is full of emails that I thought had been deleted ages ago.

What seems to work is to open the deleted folder, highlight a message, and deleted again. ie click on the garbage can.

One apparently needs to delete from the deleted folder.

I suppose that this makes sense to someone (not me).

Hopes that this works for you.

Leho

[tish48]

hi Leno,thanks for that have tried but still all there

[Leho]

Tish

We both have the same OS and program.

Deleting from the deleted folder works for me and it should for you.

You have to delete the emails one at a time, as follows.

Open deleted folder.

Highlight an email you want to delete.

Click on Garbage can.

That email should now longer be in the deleted folder.

Keep repeating, one at a time, for all the other emails that you want to delete.

Let us know if it works for you too.

Leho

[Leho]

Ah. The plot thickens.

Open the deleted folder.

Do a ctrl+a . This highlights all the emails in the folder.

Click the garbage can, and they all vanish (to cyber oblivion, we hope).

Leho