Tackled my 14,000 email inbox with one simple trick this morning

I had 14,000 unread emails. Over 5 years of newsletters, receipts, and spam. Felt impossible to even open. I tried the 'unsubscribe in bulk' thing but got bored after 10 minutes. Then I just searched 'unsubscribe' and deleted every single result. 9,000 gone in one click. Now I can actually see the real emails. Has anyone else found a weird shortcut that actually cleaned things up?

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seana142d agoMost Upvoted

Heard someone say they just searched "confirm" and got rid of all those newsletters that make you click to unsubscribe. Different trick same idea. I did that and wiped out like 6,000 emails from mailing lists I never even signed up for. Took thirty seconds. The real emails were buried under all that junk. Felt good.

anthony8832d ago

Did this exact thing last week, it's like a weight lifted off your shoulders.