Honest, step-by-step answers to the inbox cleanup problems people ask about most, including what their email app can't do yet. Outlook, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail so far.
Sweep, search and select, and rules, in Outlook.com, new Outlook, classic Outlook and the mobile apps.
Read guide →Bulk and mass delete methods, why Select All doesn't always catch everything, and how to actually free the space.
Read guide →The 15 GB mailbox, the 5 GB cloud quota, attachments, Deleted Items, and a checklist to free space.
Read guide →Why Sweep is greyed out or misses mail, what it can't do, and the alternatives.
Read guide →Outlook has no ranked sender list. Here are the workarounds and their limits.
Read guide →What's classic-only, what new Outlook offers instead, and how to archive old mail.
Read guide →How select all works on the web, the app's delete-by-sender action, and emptying Trash to free space.
Read guide →Why your limit depends on your country, what happens when you're full, and how to find what to delete.
Read guide →In the Yahoo Mail app and on the web, plus filters and unsubscribing to stop it coming back.
Read guide →Guides for AOL Mail and iCloud Mail are on the way.
PurgeInbox (in development) will rank every sender in your inbox and clear thousands of emails in one pass. Outlook first; Yahoo, AOL and iCloud planned.