iPhone or iPod Touch – Delete eMail Tip

I’ve had an iPod Touch for some time now and I fall more in love with it every day. The other day while checking my email I accidentally ran across what I would assume is a feature. My normal operation for checking my email is enabling the wireless and then tapping on the email application. The application starts, downloads my new mail, if any, and displays my email in a normal one column and multi-row fashion. I then read who the email is from, the subject and then I make a determination whether I want to read it or delete it.

 

Many times it is spam so I just slide my finger on the right side of the email display line and a delete button appears. I can then press this “delete” button to delete the email. This works ok but if I have a lot to delete many times when I slide my finger to make the delete button appear the device will read that as an “open the email” gesture and opens the email. I then have to close the email and slide my finger to the right again and hope the delete button appears. I wish there was a way to select multiple emails to delete……well there is.

 

As I said, I stumble across this feature but since doing so I use it quite often. With your email application showing, just tap toward the top of the screen. For example, tap to the right of the time at the top of the application. The emails are then shifted to the right a little and a select circle is then available on the front of each email along the left side of the screen. I can then quickly scan each email and then tap on the ones I know I want to delete and now tap the delete icon at the bottom of the screen. I could also move them to a folder by using the other “move” option.

 

Well, that’s it. I know super simple but effective. This tip may be publicly known for many but I have yet to hear anyone talk about it so I thought I would share.

Enjoy!

-Chris