Remember when getting an email was exciting? Back in the AOL days, that “You’ve got mail!” alert was something to look forward to. Now, for most of us, it’s more like “You’ve got thousands of unread messages.”

If your Gmail account looks like that — with a big red number showing hundreds or even thousands of unread emails — it’s probably slowing you down and eating up your Google storage space.

The good news? You can clear out years of old messages in just a few clicks.

Why You Should Delete Old Email

Every Gmail account comes with 15GB of free storage, shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. If you’ve ever gotten an alert that you’re “running out of storage,” your inbox may be the reason.

Industry data suggests the average Gmail user has over 5,700 emails, and about hal

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