diff --git a/docs/tui.md b/docs/tui.md
index d1ada41b..21a85b38 100644
--- a/docs/tui.md
+++ b/docs/tui.md
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ uppercase belongs to Labels:
 | `a` | move to Set Aside |
 | `d` | move to The Feed |
 | `p` | move to Paper Trail |
-| `t` | trash |
+| `t` | trash — every selected thread when any are selected, otherwise the one under the cursor |
 | `!` | mark as spam |
 | `-` / `+` | ignore / stop ignoring |
-| Space | select the thread for a bulk action |
+| Space | select the thread for a bulk action (`t` or Ctrl+B) |
 | Ctrl+B | preview every bulk-reply recipient, then write one reply to every selected thread |
 | Ctrl+U | recall a delayed bulk reply while HEY's undo window is open |
 | Ctrl+S | open The Screener |
diff --git a/internal/tui/content.go b/internal/tui/content.go
index 84d2c38d..cbd2d009 100644
--- a/internal/tui/content.go
+++ b/internal/tui/content.go
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func (c *contentList) removeAt(index int) {
 	if c.cursor > index {
 		c.cursor--
 	}
+	c.keepSelected()
 	c.settleCover()
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/tui/mail.go b/internal/tui/mail.go
index 2a634ade..b72022f7 100644
--- a/internal/tui/mail.go
+++ b/internal/tui/mail.go
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ type postingActionDoneMsg struct {
 	boxID           int64
 	sourceKind      mail.Kind
 	postingID       int64
+	postingIDs      []int64 // every posting a bulk action took, empty for a single row's
 	effect          postingActionEffect
 	destinationKind string // the box kind a move filed into, empty for every other action
 	filingSeq       uint64 // which open-thread filing dispatched the move, zero for a list row's
@@ -205,6 +206,15 @@ type postingActionDoneMsg struct {
 	err             error
 }
 
+// postings is every posting the action took: the bulk selection when there was one,
+// otherwise the single row.
+func (msg postingActionDoneMsg) postings() []int64 {
+	if len(msg.postingIDs) > 0 {
+		return msg.postingIDs
+	}
+	return []int64{msg.postingID}
+}
+
 // postingSeenMsg reports the mark-seen that opening a thread triggers on its
 // own, as the web app does out of band once it has rendered the topic.
 type postingSeenMsg struct {
@@ -718,24 +728,26 @@ func (v *mailView) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Cmd, bool) {
 			return func() tea.Msg { return errMsg{msg.err} }, true
 		}
 		done := notify(msg.action)
-		idx := v.postingIndex(msg.postingID)
-		if idx >= 0 {
-			switch msg.effect {
-			case postingActionNone:
-			case postingActionRemove:
-				v.removePostingAt(idx)
-			case postingActionSeen:
-				v.postingList.markSeen(idx)
-			case postingActionUnseen:
-				v.postingList.markUnseen(idx)
-			case postingActionIgnore:
-				v.postingList.postings[idx].Muted = true
-			case postingActionStopIgnoring:
-				v.postingList.postings[idx].Muted = false
+		for _, postingID := range msg.postings() {
+			idx := v.postingIndex(postingID)
+			if idx >= 0 {
+				switch msg.effect {
+				case postingActionNone:
+				case postingActionRemove:
+					v.removePostingAt(idx)
+				case postingActionSeen:
+					v.postingList.markSeen(idx)
+				case postingActionUnseen:
+					v.postingList.markUnseen(idx)
+				case postingActionIgnore:
+					v.postingList.postings[idx].Muted = true
+				case postingActionStopIgnoring:
+					v.postingList.postings[idx].Muted = false
+				}
+			}
+			if msg.effect == postingActionRemove {
+				v.removeFromOverlaidLists(postingID)
 			}
-		}
-		if msg.effect == postingActionRemove {
-			v.removeFromOverlaidLists(msg.postingID)
 		}
 		// The open thread can file back into the box on screen — out and back while
 		// it stays open — and its row was removed when it first filed away, so the
@@ -1532,7 +1544,11 @@ func (v *mailView) applySeenPostingAction(msg postingActionDoneMsg) tea.Cmd {
 	if msg.err != nil {
 		return func() tea.Msg { return errMsg{msg.err} }
 	}
-	if idx := postingIndexIn(v.seenList.postings, msg.postingID); idx >= 0 {
+	for _, postingID := range msg.postings() {
+		idx := postingIndexIn(v.seenList.postings, postingID)
+		if idx < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
 		switch msg.effect {
 		case postingActionNone:
 		case postingActionRemove, postingActionUnseen:
@@ -2428,6 +2444,11 @@ func (v *mailView) fileablePosting() *mail.Posting {
 }
 
 func (v *mailView) handlePostingAction(key string) tea.Cmd {
+	if key == "t" || key == "T" {
+		if ids := v.actionList().selectedIDs(); len(ids) > 0 {
+			return v.trashSelected(ids)
+		}
+	}
 	selected := v.actionList().selectedPosting()
 	if selected == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -2435,6 +2456,28 @@ func (v *mailView) handlePostingAction(key string) tea.Cmd {
 	return v.postingAction(key, *selected, v.postingBoxKind(*selected))
 }
 
+// trashSelected trashes every selected thread in one request, the way the web app's
+// toolbar acts on a selection rather than on the row under the cursor. The rows leave
+// the list when HEY answers and take their selection with them; a failure leaves the
+// selection standing for another try.
+func (v *mailView) trashSelected(ids []int64) tea.Cmd {
+	label := "Thread moved to Trash"
+	if len(ids) > 1 {
+		label = fmt.Sprintf("%d threads moved to Trash", len(ids))
+	}
+	trash := v.doPostingAction(label, postingActionRemove, v.currentBoxID(), ids[0], func() error {
+		return v.vc.sdk.Postings().MoveToTrash(v.vc.ctx, ids...)
+	})
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		done, ok := trash().(postingActionDoneMsg)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+		done.postingIDs = ids
+		return done
+	}
+}
+
 // actionBoxKind is the box kind a list row files out of, empty over a source that
 // is not one of HEY's own boxes.
 func (v *mailView) actionBoxKind() string {
diff --git a/internal/tui/mail_test.go b/internal/tui/mail_test.go
index 9ff6a482..28950efb 100644
--- a/internal/tui/mail_test.go
+++ b/internal/tui/mail_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -4303,3 +4304,44 @@ func TestMailViewBundleSurvivesAStaleAppend(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMailViewTrashesSelectedThreadsInOneRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	v, recorded := mailWithTestServer(t, http.StatusNoContent)
+	selectTwoThreads(v)
+
+	done, ok := runCmd(v.HandleContentKey(keyPress("t"))).(postingActionDoneMsg)
+	if !ok || done.err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bulk trash returned %#v", done)
+	}
+	if recorded.path != "/postings/trash.json" || !slices.Equal(recorded.body.PostingIDs, []int64{100, 101}) {
+		t.Fatalf("request = %s %v, want one POST /postings/trash.json with [100 101]", recorded.path, recorded.body.PostingIDs)
+	}
+
+	answer, _ := v.Update(done)
+	if toast := deliverToView(v, answer); toast != "2 threads moved to Trash" {
+		t.Errorf("toast = %q", toast)
+	}
+	if len(v.postingList.postings) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("postings left = %d, want every selected row gone", len(v.postingList.postings))
+	}
+	if ids := v.postingList.selectedIDs(); len(ids) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("selection left = %v, want the trashed rows out of it", ids)
+	}
+	if v.AccountSwitchBlocked() {
+		t.Error("completed bulk trash still blocks account switching")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMailViewTrashFailureKeepsSelection(t *testing.T) {
+	v, _ := mailWithTestServer(t, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	selectTwoThreads(v)
+
+	done := runCmd(v.HandleContentKey(keyPress("t"))).(postingActionDoneMsg)
+	if done.err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a failed bulk trash should carry its error")
+	}
+	v.Update(done)
+	if len(v.postingList.postings) != 2 || !slices.Equal(v.postingList.selectedIDs(), []int64{100, 101}) {
+		t.Errorf("postings = %d selected = %v, want both rows still selected", len(v.postingList.postings), v.postingList.selectedIDs())
+	}
+}