A Guide to Deleting Draft Emails in Gmail

In Gmail, you can delete draft emails by simply clicking on the trashcan icon in the toolbar menu located at the bottom of the email compose box. 

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In this article, we will show you how to delete a single draft, multiple drafts, or all drafts on the Gmail web and mobile apps.

1 – How To Delete a Single Draft In Gmail

Delete a Single Draft In Gmail Web App

There are three ways to delete a single draft email on the Gmail web app. Here are the steps for each:

Method 1:

1 – From your Gmail inbox, navigate to the “Drafts” label.

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2 – Open the draft that you want to delete.

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3 – Click the trashcan 🗑 icon in the toolbar menu at the bottom of the email compose box.

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Method 2:

1 – Navigate to the “Drafts” label in your Gmail inbox.

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2 – Hover your mouse over the draft that you want to delete.

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3 – Click on the trashcan 🗑 icon located in the quick menu to the right of the draft’s subject.

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Method 3:

1 – Log in to your Gmail account and go to the drafts label.

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2 – Click on the checkbox located to the left of the draft that you want to delete.

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3 – Once it’s selected click on the “discard draft” button.

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Delete a Single Draft In Gmail Mobile App

There are two ways to delete a single draft email on the Gmail mobile app. Here are the steps for each:

Method 1:

1 – Open the Gmail app and navigate to the draft label.

2 – Open the draft email that you want to delete.

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3 – Tap on the horizontal ellipsis at the top right of the screen.

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4 – Tap on the “discard” option in the menu to delete the draft.

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Method 2:

1 – From your Gmail inbox go to the “Drafts” label.

2 – Tap and [then] hold on to the draft that you want to delete to select it.

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3 – Once selected tap on the trashcan 🗑 icon in the menu at the top.

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2 – how to delete multiple drafts in Gmail

delete multiple drafts in Gmail Web App

If you want to delete multiple drafts in Gmail, follow these simple steps:

1 – Go to your Gmail inbox.

2 – Navigate to the “Drafts” label.

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3 – Within the “Drafts” label, select each draft you want to delete by clicking on the empty checkbox on the left side of each draft.

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4 – Once you’ve selected all the drafts you want to delete, click on the “Discard drafts” button in the menu above the list of emails.

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delete multiple drafts in Gmail Mobile App

1 – Open the Gmail mobile app and navigate to the drafts label.

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2 – Tap and [then] hold on to one of the drafts that you want to delete to select it.

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3 – Once it’s selected tap on every other draft that you also want to delete

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4 – Tap on the trashcan 🗑 icon in the menu at the top to delete all selected drafts.

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3 – how to delete all drafts in Gmail

delete all drafts in Gmail Web App:

1 – Go to your Gmail inbox.

2 – Navigate to the “Drafts” label.

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3 – Click on the empty checkbox located above the list of emails.

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4 – Once all drafts have been selected, click on the “Discard drafts” button.

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delete all drafts in Gmail Mobile App

If you’re using the Gmail mobile app, you may have noticed that there isn’t an option to select and delete all drafts at once. However, there is a workaround you can use if you want to delete all your Gmail drafts using your mobile device.

The following tutorial has been tested on Safari mobile browser on iOS.

1 – Open the Safari mobile web browser on your iOS device.

2 – Log into your Gmail account by going to mail.google.com.

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3 – Tap on the “I am not interested” link on the upgrade banner screen to proceed to the mobile web browser version of Gmail.

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4 – From your Gmail inbox tap on the “aA” icon on the left side of the Safari toolbar.

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5 – In the toolbar menu, select “Request Desktop Website.”

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6 – Open any email, scroll to the bottom, and tap on the “older version” link.

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7 – Tap the “Take me to latest Gmail” button on the page that asks you “Do you really want to use HTML Gmail?”

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8 – From the desktop version of your Gmail inbox, go to the drafts label.

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9 – Tap on the checkbox at the top of the page to select all drafts.

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10 – Finally, tap the “Discard drafts” button to delete all drafts.

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