Just updated to IOS 18.2 and the edit button at the top of emails is missing and I can no longer select all or delete all emails on my iPad (7th gen). I have looked everywhere to no avail, so I do not think it has been moved. Is anyone else having this issue and is there a fix? Or do we just have to wait for Apple….?
iPad, iPadOS 18
As well with looking at the trash folder, there is no longer the option to select all and empty the trash all at once.
Hopefully this is just an oversight(bug)
As well with looking at the trash folder, there is no longer the option to select all and empty the trash all at once.
Hopefully this is just an oversight(bug)
Thank you for your quick reply, however, I did find that article and none of that worked! What does work, however, is holding 2 fingers on an email and quickly letting go and then the select/delete options appear. Quite a round-about way to get to it, but it works. I do prefer the old way when the “select” was simply at the top right. That is just blank now! 😢
We have the select button but it no longer gives you the option to “select all”. This means you have to go one by one. Not convenient at all when you have multiple mailboxes.
Hello
Yes same issue with mail in 18.2. Just tried the two finger approach
and it worked. So that was helpful, still don’t have an “edit” button, but at
least I can delete all emails at once.
Thank whoever wrote that tip.
For reasons known only to Apple, when using the native Mail App, the Inbox doesn't have a Select All button. However, you can easily and rapidly select multiple mail messages - and then select Delete...
If required, start by searching the mailbox by Sender or suitable keyword - and/or combining with a filtered view in the Mail App sidebar:
Flag and filter emails on iPad - Apple Support
Next, either tap the Select/Edit button at top-right of the Mail sidebar - or tap with two fingers within the sidebar; simply swipe your finger down (or up) the left-side of the message list to bulk select Mail Messages. Swipe below the bottom edge to rapidly select all the visible email messages.
Once selected, tap the Delete button at the bottom of the sidebar.
Nope. It is no longer there. It’s just blank!
I have the same issue after updating. Have you any fix yet ?
No select button is available
TM_639 wrote:
We have the select button but it no longer gives you the option to “select all”. This means you have to go one by one. Not convenient at all when you have multiple mailboxes.
Have you read my earlier reply to this thread of 21st December - in which I describe a method to quickly select and delete multiple mail messages?
My edit and select all reappeared after I tried the technique shared above. I took two fingers and swiped right on my listed email. The old options showed up where I could multi select or select all and then trash.
Do you not see a "Select" button at the upper-right when you look in any of your mailboxes?
Come on Apple fix it now, or are your highly paid tec employees not up to the job.
Can no longer select all or delete all emails in IOS 18.2
