It’s one of the easiest ways toregain storage on the phoneand to declutter your emails.

Deleting a folder also deletes any messages it contains.

To delete a folder:

Open theMailapp.

Edit Mailbox screen in iOS Mail app

Go to the mainMailboxesscreen.

Then, tap thefolderyou want to delete.

Confirm you want to remove the folder and any messages contained in it by tappingDeleteagain.

iOS Mailboxes

Select any messages you want to keep and move the messages to a different folder.

Scroll down past the mailboxes until you see the folders.

Each email account you use with the Mail app has its own section with folders.

iOS Mail app

Expand the section if necessary and tap thefolderyou want to delete.

Review the messages inside the folder.

Tap the circle next to each message you want to move out of the folder for safekeeping.

Move Message in iOS Mail

TapMoveat the bottom of the screen and chooseMove Messagein the screen that opens.

Select a folder for the messages.

When you delete the folder, any remaining messages it contains are deleted with it.