If you’re using Gmail for a long time, you may see your inbox filled with lot of messages.If you’re trying to delete the inbox, it will take a whole day to delete all the messages in inbox. So how do you empty the inbox?
Instruction
1.Sign in to your Gmail account.
2.click Create a filter, Next to the Search button up top,
3.In the "Has the words" field, type for example 'before:2011/06/06'.it would archive all messages received prior to July 6 of this year. You can use any date you want, as long as it is in the format YYYY/MM/DD.
Click Next step.
4.Check the boxes "Skip the inbox (Archive it)," and "Also apply filter to ### conversations below." from the options.
5.Finally, click Create Filter. Depending on number of message in your inbox, the archiving process may take a minute or two.
Tips and warnings
*When it's done, your inbox should be smaller. Remember, you haven't lost anything; you've simply relocated the unwanted e-mail. Those messages will still appear in your Gmail search.
