this might be a better solution, although i use exchange to sync my google calendar so i dont know if i can do it. hotmail imap settings iphone NB: just what uncle google said, not tried it myself. so you could just mark them as read on the browser ui and if its imap the changes will be in modest next sync, plus i think it can support folders too EDIT: no joy wold help alot tbh 1500 unreads atm