- Open your Gmail account in a web browser.
- Click on the search bar at the top of the Gmail window to activate the search options.
- Click on the downward-pointing arrow at the right end of the search bar to open the advanced search options.
- In the “From” field, you can leave it empty to include all emails or type the email address of a specific sender if you only want to delete emails from a particular sender.
- In the “To” field, you can leave it empty to include all emails or type your email address if you want to delete emails sent to you.
- In the “Subject” field, you can leave it empty if you want to include all emails, or type a specific keyword if you want to delete emails with a particular subject.
- In the “Has the words” field, enter before:2022/01/01 to filter emails received before January 1, 2022.
- After entering the search criteria, click on the blue “Search” button. Gmail will display all the emails that match the specified search parameters.
- If you want to delete all the emails in the search results, click the checkbox at the top-left corner of the email list to select all emails on the page.
- Once you’ve selected the emails you want to delete, click on the “Delete” button (trash can icon) located at the top of the Gmail window.
- Gmail will prompt you to confirm the deletion. Click “OK” to proceed. The selected emails will be moved to the trash.
How to delete emails in Gmail before 2022
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