We all know that a messy desk or work environment often disrupts your productivity and your email inbox is no different.

There’s nothing more headache-y than trying to get to an important email, only to have to sift through hundreds (or, sometimes, even thousands) of junky, stale emails. It happens. As an attorney, we sometimes get over hundreds of emails a day. Also, as an attorney, we have a tendency to want to keep most of them, “just in case.”

In reality, though, while some of your emails are undoubtedly crucial, many of them are not and like that pair of outdated moccasins in the back your closet, will never really be needed ever again. So, here are 5 tips on how to shave off some of that clutter in your inbox (without needing to make things legal, as we so often do with everything else in our profession):

Especially at work and especially when it comes to email, cleanliness is next to godliness.

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