How To Delete Deleted Emails On Iphone

Delete email in Mail on iCloud.com

Deleted messages are moved to the Trash mailbox. When you delete a message, it's saved in your Trash for 30 days, after which it's permanently erased. When you delete an email from iCloud.com, it's deleted on all your devices that have Mail turned on in iCloud settings.

You can also change where your deleted messages are stored.

Important: If you view iCloud Mail in another app (for example, the Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch), your mail might be deleted sooner than 30 days depending on the app's settings.

Delete email

In Mail on iCloud.com, select the message or messages you want to delete.

Tip: To select all messages in a folder, press Command-A on a Mac (or Control-A on a Windows computer).
Do any of the following:
- If you selected one message: Click at the top right.
- If you selected multiple messages: Click Delete.

If you see instead of , you have "Show Archive icon in the toolbar" selected in Mail Preferences. See Archive email in Mail on iCloud.com. To delete a message or messages, do one of the following:

If you selected one message: Click at the top right, then click Trash Message.
If you selected multiple messages: Click Move, click Trash, then click Move.

Erase emails immediately and permanently

You can set iCloud Mail to permanently and immediately erase messages when you delete them, instead of moving them to the Trash.

In Mail on iCloud.com, click in the Mailboxes list to open the Preferences pane.
In the General tab, deselect "Move deleted messages to," then click Done.

Change the location of deleted messages

By default, messages in iCloud Mail are moved to the Trash when you delete them. You can change the folder they're moved to.

In Mail on iCloud.com, click in the Mailboxes list to open the Preferences pane.
In the General tab, select "Move deleted messages to," choose a folder or click to create a new folder, then click Done.

To delete Mail folders, see Organize email with folders in Mail on iCloud.com.

Learn how to use Mail on iCloud.com on a phone or tablet.

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