Why do I have so many flagged messages and how do I unflagging and delete them

My mail app lists over 60k flagged messages, but when I click flagged messages, the list is empty. When I check for memory usage, mail comes up as 11 gb, even after a delete all the messages I can see. How do I delete/unflag messages, and how do they get flagged in the first place?

There are two possible fixes in this discussion. Delete and add the account back on, or go to the InBox, Tap Edit, and Flag all emails and then unflag them all.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23111989#23111989

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