Step 1: What to Delete

When you download your mail messages and look through them, take a moment to decide if you're looking at a message you'll need later. You must save important information, of course. But if you're looking at information you won't need again, throw it away! You will be able to find what you need more efficiently; you'll save disk space, and backups will be quicker.

Step 2: Select First Message

In the main screen of Eudora, select In or another mailbox with some clutter you'd like to clean. Click the first "clutter" message to be deleted to select it.

Step 3: Select Multiple Messages

If you need to delete other messages in the same mailbox, hold down the <Ctrl> key and click each additional message to be deleted. This does a multiple message select, so you can send them all to the trash at once. Click the trash can to send the messages to the trash. Trash is really a separate mail box from which you can still retrieve messages, until the trash is emptied. See the tutorial, "Using the trash box."

Step 4: Delete a Mailbox

If you need to delete a mailbox, you can not drag it to the trash, or click the trash can. In fact, if you select a mailbox and click the trash can, Eudora will delete mail messages. A mailbox can only be deleted if you select it, then press the Delete key on the keyboard. Click the Newsletters mailbox then press the Delete key.

Step 5: Confirm Delete

If you try to delete a mailbox that's not empty, a warning message appears asking for a confirmation. It does this because messages in the mailbox will be deleted permanently. As it says in the warning, there is no "undo" for deleted mailboxes. Empty mailboxes could easily be added again. It is deleting mailboxes with messages that presents the biggest danger. If you are sure, confirm the delete.