Old inbox cleanup
I freed up a full, old Gmail account. Claude deleted more than 100,000 promo and social emails in bulk, then put the emails with big attachments on one page where I tick which ones go, so real personal mail stays.
- Why
- The account was completely full, and I wanted to keep real mail from family and our wedding.
- How long
- October 2026
How I built it
- Asked Claude what was filling the account.
- It deleted the safe piles in bulk: over 100,000 promo, social and old update emails.
- It built me one page listing the emails with big attachments. I tick the ones to delete and press a button.
- Nothing personal goes in bulk. Those only go when I tick them.
- To copy it you need
- Claude, or the AI of your choice, connected to your email through a connector like Composio.
Try it yourself
Copy this prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude to try it yourself.
I want to copy a setup from Carley Hart's desktop on whatarewebuilding.ai/desktops/carley: clearing a full email account without losing anything personal. Her AI deleted the safe piles in bulk (promotions, social, old updates), then made one page listing the emails with big attachments so she could tick which ones to delete. Her rule: nothing personal is deleted in bulk. Help me do the same for my [email provider] account. Start by finding what's taking up the most space. Ask me for anything you need.
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