On my iPhone 5- how do I delete old email messages on my phone without deleting them from the server?

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Iphone 5- how do I delete old email messages on my phone without deleting them from the server?

Get emails for work on both office computer and iphone. Need to keep them at work but just clutter up phone. How can I delete from phone but not server? thanks!

 

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Re: Iphone 5- how do I delete old email messages on my phone without deleting them from the server?

If you can go onto the mails web mail like you can with gmail, Find where you can check... Leave on server, Then delete all the mail on your phone. Just remember you risk filling your inbox because of all the mail you are leaving on the server.