How To Delete All Promotions In Gmail (& Stop Future Ones)

Do endless promotional emails clutter your Gmail inbox, making it hard to find important messages? But there’s a way to reclaim your inbox and silence the promotional noise!

Why Is This Such A Big Deal?

• When your inbox is flooded with promotions from different companies, it’s easy to overlook important messages from colleagues, clients, or even family members.
• Constantly deleting promotions is like a never-ending game, where as soon as you delete one promotional email, another one pops up in its place.

What Are The Benefits Of Deleting Gmail Promotions?

• Deleting or moving promotion emails keeps your primary inbox focused on crucial communication.
• Let’s focus on important emails and tasks, potentially improving your productivity.
• Helps to maintain a more organized inbox.
• Minimizes the risk of clicking on malicious links or falling for phishing scams.

Now that you’re informed about the advantages of deleting promotional emails, let’s get into the step-by-step process of deleting them.

How To Delete All Promotional Emails In Gmail?

1. Via web browser

• Log in to your Gmail account on a web browser.
• Go to the “Categories” tab in the drop-down menu at the left of the screen.
• Click on “Promotions.”

• Find the checkbox at the left of the screen, right above the first promotion email.
• Click the checkbox to select all emails in the “Promotions tab.”
• A toolbar will appear at the top of the list. Click the “Trash icon” (looks like a bin) to delete all selected emails.

[Important Note: Gmail allows deleting a maximum of 50 conversations at once.]

If you have more than 50 promotions:

• After deleting the initial 50, you’ll see a message like “Select all 50 conversations on this page” turn blue.

• Click this blue text. This selects all remaining promotions in the Promotions tab.
• Click the “Trash icon” again to delete them.

2. Via Gmail app

Unfortunately, the Gmail app doesn’t have a “select all” option for promotions. You’ll need to manually select and delete emails one by one. Here’s how:

• Open the Gmail mobile app.
• Tap on the three horizontal lines located in the top-left corner of the screen.
• Choose “Promotions” from the menu to go to the Promotions folder.

• Tap and hold on an email to select it.
• You can then tap on other emails to select them for deletion (up to 50).
• Tap the “Trash icon” (looks like a bin) in the top right corner to delete them.

How To Stop Promotional Emails In Gmail?

Limiting incoming promotional emails is better, rather than deleting unwanted ones regularly. Here are a few strategies you can adopt to get rid of the promotional emails.

• Unsubscribe
• Create a filter
• Report Spam
• Block the sender

1. Unsubscribe From Unwanted Promotions

Method 1: Most promotional emails often have an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Make sure to check for unsubscribe links in all the promotional emails you get. Just click on the links to be removed from the sender’s list. Simply follow the provided instructions and you won’t get any more promotional emails in your inbox.

Method 2: Select the sender you want to unsubscribe in Gmail and click on it. After opening the email you can find the “Unsubscribe” option.

• Tap on it and confirm to unsubscribe.

• And you are done.

Just so you know, unsubscribing from promotional emails doesn’t mean you’ll never get another one. But it can really help cut down on promotions and make your inbox easier to handle.

2. Create A Filter

• Set up filters in Gmail to automatically handle promotional emails. Here’s how:
• Open Gmail on your web browser.
• Click on an email you want to filter (ideally a promotional one).
• Click the three dots (More options) menu in the top right corner of the email.
• Select “Filter messages like this.”

• In the new window, choose what to do with emails matching this criteria (e.g., label them “Promotions” or move them to a specific folder).
• Create a filter.
• Select “Delete it.”
• Tap on “Create filter.”

3. Report As Spam

If emails appear deceptive or misleading, report them as spam. This helps train Gmail’s spam filters to identify similar emails in the future.

• Click on the email you want to report as spam.
• Find the report spam icon and click on it.

• Select “Report spam.” That’s all the email will be sent to spam folder.

4. Block The Sender

Still, if you constantly receive too many emails from a certain sender, even after unsubscribing, you can block them. This prevents any future emails from reaching your inbox. Be careful though, because that includes important ones.

• Open the email you wish to block.
• Click on the three dots located at the top right corner.
• Select “Block (sender’s name)” from the dropdown.
• Hit “Block” to confirm.

Tools And Apps To Manage Gmail Promotions

There are also some tools and apps you can use to manage your Gmail promotions. Here are a few popular options:

• Unroll.me: It is a free service that helps you unsubscribe from unwanted emails in bulk. It scans your inbox, identifies promotional emails, and presents them in a digestible format. You can then choose to unsubscribe from all senders at once or keep the ones you want.
• Clean Email: It offers a free plan with basic features and paid plans with more advanced functionalities. It helps you unsubscribe from unwanted emails, manage subscriptions, and clean up your inbox.
• Mailstrom: It offers a free trial and paid plans with more features. It provides features like bundling emails from specific senders, creating summaries, and unsubscribing from unwanted emails.
• SaneBox: SaneBox uses artificial intelligence to automatically sort and prioritize your emails, including promotions. It helps to keep your inbox organized and clutter-free. 

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Conclusion

What’s holding you back? Implement these strategies right away so you can take control of your Gmail promotions. Get ready for a clutter-free inbox!