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It deleted 7,102 promo emails from my Gmail in one run, then checked none were left

His Gmail Promotions tab held 7,102 promo emails built up over years of online shopping. He asked the AI to clear them. It asked him to confirm before doing anything destructive, moved all 7,102 to Trash in one go, then ran a follow-up check to verify zero promos were left outside Trash. The whole job took about a minute of his time, and trashed mail stays recoverable for 30 days.

How it works

  1. Ask for confirmation before deleting
  2. Move all 7,102 promo emails to Trash in one run
  3. Re-scan to verify zero promos remain outside Trash

Why it’s worth knowing

The count is exact, it paused before a destructive action, and it verified its own work afterwards instead of just claiming the inbox was clean.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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