As a work-around, go to the Deleted Items folder and select one email. Then under Edit, click Select All, then Delete. This will work for any of the email boxes. I have Outlook Express, so Windows mail might be different. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Pam To: computers@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:47 AM Subject: [COMPUTERS] Deleted Items Folder Hi List I have Vista and Windows Mail when I go the Edit and ask it to empty the deleted items fold it only deletes 1 mail instead of all of them it was fine yesterday?? Pam