How to Delete All Emails from One Sender on Gmail

Have you ever felt the need to delete all emails from a specific sender? You sure do, especially when it comes to those notorious spam emails. Other than that, if you wish to delete old conversations with a recipient, it’s hard to find out all the emails they have sent. Moreover, it is particularly useful in deleting emails from a blocked sender since you might want to get rid of them as soon as possible.

No matter your reason, deleting emails from one sender will help you free up your Google account storage, which is crucial since you can’t send or receive emails otherwise. That said, this guide outlines the best ways to delete all emails from one sender in Gmail. We will cater to both PC and mobile users, so let’s get going!

Delete All Emails From One Sender on Gmail (PC)

Deleting all emails from one sender on a PC is as easy as it gets. Gmail’s website includes a handy selection of search filters and features that allow you to do so in a snap. Here are a few methods for the same:

Search Filter

Gmail has a bunch of search filters to fine-tune the search results you are looking for. For instance, you can filter out messages within a specific duration, size, recipient, or sender, which is perfect for sorting and deleting all emails from one sender. To do so –

1. Access your Gmail account by going here.
2. In the search box at the top, type from: name by replacing name with the required sender’s name.
   
3. Gmail will list out all the emails you have received from the entered sender, using which you can click on the checkbox in the top toolbar to select all the search results.
   
4. If you don’t wish to get rid of all the emails, you can deselect the required ones by clicking the checkbox beside them. Once done, select the trash icon in the top toolbar to delete all the selected emails.
   

Another way of doing so is by using the native search filters. For this, click on the filter icon in Gmail’s search bar and enter the respective sender’s name beside From. You can also tweak other parameters, such as time range, size, whether or not the email included an attachment, and more, to refine the search results. After the search results are shown, select all and delete them, as mentioned in the above procedure.

Select All Emails From One Sender

In case you didn’t know this, Gmail’s web version has a dedicated option to search for all emails from a particular sender in one click. It doesn’t get better than this, and here is how you can do it –

1. Access your Gmail account by going here.
2. Search for an email already sent by the respective sender. You can also search for it using Gmail’s search box.
3. Once you have found an email, right-click on it and select Find emails from [sender].
   
4. Gmail will list all emails you have received from the selected sender. To select all the listed emails, click the checkbox in the top toolbar. Again, you can deselect the ones you want, in case you don’t wish to delete all of them.
   
5. Click the trash icon in the top toolbar to delete all the selected emails.
   

Filter Messages Like These

Gmail has another way of searching for all emails sent by a particular sender. For that –

1. Access your Gmail account by going here.
2. Select an email sent by the required sender by clicking the checkbox beside it.
3. Click on the kebab menu icon (⁝) that appears in the top toolbar and select Filter messages like these.
   
4. Gmail will open the search filters so you can set more search parameters if needed. Else, click anywhere else to close the search box.
   
5. All the emails sent by the selected sender should be listed, from where you can click on the checkbox in the top toolbar to select all of them. You can deselect some of them if you wish.
6. Click the trash icon in the top toolbar to delete all the selected emails.
   

Delete All Emails From a Specific Sender on Gmail (Mobile)

Gmail’s mobile app isn’t as feature-rich as its web version, but it still lets you delete all emails from one sender using the built-in search filters. Here is how you do so –

1. Open the Gmail app on your smartphone.
2. Click on the search box at the top and type from: name, where you must replace the name with the sender’s name. For instance, we searched for from: Coursera.
3. Once all the search results are displayed, long-press and select one of the emails. Tap the Select all option that shows up at the top. You can edit your list by deselecting some of the emails you want.
4. Tap the trash icon in the top toolbar to delete all the selected emails.
   

There is another way of doing it, but it works best if you have already exchanged a few emails with the sender before. Regardless, here is how you do so –

1. Open the Gmail app on your smartphone.
2. Tap the search box at the top and select the From option that appears below it.
3. Gmail will display a list of email addresses you have interacted with before. You can select the required sender from the list or perform a search action using the search box.
4. Once the required emails are shown, you can long-press one of the emails, tap on the Select all option, and delete them by clicking the trash icon from the top toolbar.
   

Keep Your Inbox Clean and Tidy

Deleting emails is the best way to keep your inbox free of unwanted junk. It holds especially true for spam emails, as they are often sent using a single email address, so deleting all emails from one sender makes perfect sense. Gmail’s web and mobile apps include built-in options to filter messages from a particular sender, making the work much more manageable. It is an essential thing to do if your Google account storage is nearing the brim. On that note, if your Gmail storage is full, we have a guide for you. And also a guide to sort Gmail by size.