N8 Calendar - delete all events?

Hi,
As part of my on-going struggles with iSync (see posts passim) I've ended up with my entire calendar on my phone twice - once in the calendar Personal and once in PC Suite. I don't know how it got into Personal, but I really need it gone, because iSync will use the PC Suite calendar...
...anyway, my question is this: since I can't delete the personal calendar, can anyone tell me how to delete all the events in it, short of going through them one by one?
A solution involving iSync is no good, since it doesn't work properly.
Thanks in anticipation for your help,
Ben
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gdspd8 wrote:
OMG! I have 3 years of entries to delete and I have to delete it month by month...
I think when you select ALL it will not only delete for the month in display but all the Entries...and you won't have to do it for individual 36 months...
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