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How to empty your Hotmail Inbox

If you are one of those people who have your Hotmail Inbox crammed with thousands of mail and are looking for a way to delete it, there is a simple way. Many users these days use multiple email account and unfortunately Hotmail does not provide you with one easy way to delete your Inbox completely. In Gmail this is just a two step process and you can empty your Inbox.


How to delete your Hotmail Inbox. If you do not have access to Outlook


1. Login to Hotmail (you will be directed to live.mail.com)
2. Once your in your Inbox you can use shortcut keys
3. First press 's' and then 'a' and click delete.
4. You need to keep repeating this however for each page but it should work fast.


How to empty your Hotmail inbox using Outlook


1. Open Outlook on your PC or any other mail client
2. Create a new account
3. Enter your Hotmail address
4. Click on setup
5. Once setup is complete select all the mails in your Inbox (ctrl+a)
6. Hit the delete button
7. Your mails get transfered to the delete folder
8. Select this folder and then click "empty deleted items folder"
9. Your Done

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