How to Select All Messages in Gmail?
This article details the process of selecting all Gmail emails simultaneously on the desktop website. By achieving this, you can perform various actions such as applying a new label to the chosen messages, deleting emails in bulk, marking them as read, and several other operations.
- Author: Shine
- Update: Apr 15, 2025
How to Select All On-Screen Emails in Gmail
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One way of making a selection is to choose all the emails that are shown on a single page in Gmail.
To carry this out, first, open Gmail in a web browser on your computer. If you haven't logged in yet, do so now.
On the Gmail interface, select the folder from the left - hand sidebar where you want to select emails. This could be any of the folders listed in the sidebar, such as "Inbox", "Snoozed", "Sent", or "Spam".
The emails within the folder you've chosen will be visible to the right of the folder list. From the toolbar located at the top of these emails, click on the "Select" option, which is represented by a square icon and is the first icon on the toolbar.
Gmail will choose all the emails presented on the present page. At the upper part of these emails, you will notice a message stating "All X Conversations on This Page Are Selected", with "X" being the quantity of emails that have been selected.
That's the way to select all the emails visible on the screen in Gmail!
If you want to select more emails, you can modify an option in Gmail's settings to have more emails shown on a single page. To achieve this, click on the "Settings" (represented by a gear icon) option located in the top - right corner of the Gmail website.
Within the "Settings" menu, in the "Quick Settings" portion, opt for "See All Settings."
Navigate to the "General" tab. Click on the "Maximum Page Size" drop - down menu. Subsequently, select the number of emails that you want Gmail to present on a single page. Your choices include 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, or 100.
Once you have made your selection, scroll down the page within the "General" tab and click on "Save Changes".
Gmail will now display the number of emails you selected on a single page. To choose all of these emails that are visible on the screen, utilize the same "Select" option as you did previously.
How to Select All Emails in Gmail
Once you've located the emails you wish to manage, the process of highlighting all of them is straightforward and consists of two steps.
1.First, click on the label containing the emails you intend to select. For instance, if you want to select every email in your Gmail Inbox, click on "Inbox".
2.Then, just beneath the search bar and above your emails, click the checkbox to select all the messages that are currently visible. Alternatively, click the arrow adjacent to this checkbox to specify the types of emails to be selected, like Read, Unread, Starred, or Unstarred.
3.To select all emails in Gmail, even those that are not currently visible, check the top of your email list for an additional button and click on it. The button is labeled as: Select all [#] conversations in [label].
How to Select All Gmail Emails From a Search
Gmail offers several robust search tools that enable you to find emails rapidly. For instance, you can identify your largest emails, search for messages with attachments, or locate emails that were received on a particular date.
When employing advanced search options, you have the ability to select all the results that emerged from that search. The process functions almost identically to the instructions we detailed above, with just one distinction...
Initiate the search in order to find the messages you need.
Click on the checkbox positioned above the search results to choose all the messages.
Click on "Select all conversations that match this search".
