I don't know if that's a bug or the normal behavior.
I have 2388 emails in my Office 365 Inbox. If I proceed to a search among them using the string 'Goldilocks', all the emails with this word in the subject or content will be displayed.
If I select them all using this checkbox:
then this appears on my screen:
(notice how it only selected 9 conversations).
Then I delete them by pressing either the first link in the previous screenshot or this one on top of the screen:
Then I go back to the Inbox folder:
And in my Inbox, the number is still 2388 emails, as if the 'Goldilocks' emails I selected in the previous step, and deleted, were not deleted.
Even if I click "more" to display more folders, I cannot find a "Trash" to empty or look inside.
Questions
1 – How do I select more than 9 emails in a search result? (i.e., all the emails in a search result)
2 – After selecting ALL the emails in the results, how can I then proceed to delete them completely in as few steps as possible? (and by that I mean delete them, empty the trash, make them vanish from view, take the number out of the total number displayed next to my Inbox?)
3 – What does "Delete" do?
Best Answer
I was able to find solutions on the web for your other questions on selecting multiple emails and rule creation but this one seems to be a known problem with Outlook on Web. I've found a few similar questions and feature requests from Microsoft.
I've tried to select multiple emails from my own search results. I've did somehow manage to do it but can't exactly put my finger on the proper process. It's a little bit cumbersome but this was the only way that I was able to select multiple items (or all items) from a search result.
I'll try to write down the process.