deleted emails

tish48
tish48 Member Posts: 4 New User

how can I empty deleted emails on windows 8 

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  • Leho
    Leho Member Posts: 525 Mr. Fixit WiFi Icon

    Tish

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

    Leho

  • tish48
    tish48 Member Posts: 4 New User

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

  • Leho
    Leho Member Posts: 525 Mr. Fixit WiFi Icon

    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
    tish48 Member Posts: 4 New User

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

  • Leho
    Leho Member Posts: 525 Mr. Fixit WiFi Icon

    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
    Leho Member Posts: 525 Mr. Fixit WiFi Icon

    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

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