Delete all email in Outlook on the web

Applies To
Outlook.com

You can delete all the email messages from your Inbox in just a few steps.

  1. Sign in to outlook.office.com. Need help signing? See How to sign in to Outlook on the web.

  2. Select Mail Mail  to display your emails.

  3. Hover over your Inbox and select More More  >Empty.

    Select More (represented by three dots) to access the Empty option.

  4. All the email in your inbox will be moved to the Deleted Items folder.

  5. To permanently delete the messages, go to Deleted Items and select More More  >Empty.

See also

Organize your inbox with Archive, Sweep, and other tools in Outlook on the web

Recover and restore deleted items in Outlook