How do I delete all of my current email?

I have hundreds of emails if not thousands on my Ipad all of which I wish to delete because I have read (and deleted) these on my Mac.  When I delete the emails on the Mac they still appear on the Ipad as new.  So I've got old, outdated emails that I just need to somehow get into the trash.   Is there a way to delete everything in my iPad email account and start over.  I would like to avoid deleting individual emails because of time constraints and because of the sheer volume of outdated emails.  Any how do I synch the email that is on the Mac and laptop with the IPad so that when I delete from one it is deleted from all.  I use gmail.  Thanks very much for any assistance you can provide.

I think your best option would be to delete you email account off your iPad to get rid of the emails and start fresh. It sounds to me like you have your Gmail account set to POP which keeps a copy of your email on the server and transfers a copy to all devices regardless. This can be handy for offline viewing since emails are downloaded to each device.
Setting up your Gmail account to IMAP is the preferred method. IMAP automatically syncs changes to all devices. It does not download a copy for offline viewing (there is probably a setting to activate this as well) but views your email online. All changes such as reading and deleting email are immediate and visible on all devices pretty much at the same time.
I stick to using Gmail through a web browser on my Mac but if you are using Mail on the Mac you may have to re-configure it there as well once Gmail is set to IMAP. Gmail can be setup to support both formats in it's settings.
Read Getting started with IMAP and POP from Gmail help files.

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