# need help managing my inbox

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**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-managing-my-inbox/844628 "2019-12-10T01:49:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-managing-my-inbox/844628/1 "2019-12-10T01:49:08Z")

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I need to get rid of a lot of PMs but only 7 are displayed in my inbox and I don’t see how to get to the other 241. I have the option to delete them but I’d like to see them first, just in case.

how do I get to the ones “stored”?

I have fiddled with the “display options” dates but all I have managed to do is make the 7 in my inbox disappear. and then re-appear.

I’m puzzled that the 7 in my in box can’t be the 7 most recent because 3 of them are from 2017. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-managing-my-inbox/844628/2 "2019-12-10T02:08:12Z")

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Do you have a bunch in your “sent” folder? Those count toward the total. I recently cleaned out my inbox and after deleting all but like 10 from my inbox it still showed I had several dozen PM’s. The rest were in my “sent” folder.

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**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-managing-my-inbox/844628/3 "2019-12-10T10:55:00Z")

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yes, I deleted everything in “sent” and now I have tons of room again.

thanks.