How to remove old mails from gmail

There are a few ways to remove old emails from your Gmail account:

Method 1: Using the Gmail search bar

  1. Log in to your Gmail account.
  2. Click on the search bar at the top of the page.
  3. Type older_than: followed by a number (e.g., older_than:30d for emails older than 30 days).
  4. Press Enter to execute the search.
  5. Select all the emails in the search results by checking the box at the top left corner of the page.
  6. Click on the "Bulk actions" dropdown menu and select "Select all conversations".
  7. Click on the "More" menu and select "Empty trash forever" or "Delete forever" to permanently delete the emails.

Method 2: Using the Gmail filters

  1. Log in to your Gmail account.
  2. Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and select "See all settings".
  3. Go to the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.
  4. Click on "Create a new filter".
  5. Enter a search query to find the old emails (e.g., older_than:30d).
  6. Click on "Create filter".
  7. Select "Apply the label" and choose a label (e.g., "Old emails").
  8. Click on "Create".
  9. Go to the "Labels" tab and select the label you just created.
  10. Click on the "More" menu and select "Empty trash forever" or "Delete forever" to permanently delete the emails.

Method 3: Using the Gmail API

  1. Enable the Gmail API in the Google Cloud Console.
  2. Install the Gmail API client library for your programming language of choice.
  3. Use the API to search for emails older than a certain date using the users.messages.list method.
  4. Use the API to delete the emails using the users.messages.delete method.

Method 4: Using a third-party email client

  1. Connect your Gmail account to a third-party email client like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.
  2. Use the client's search and delete features to find and remove old emails.

Important notes: