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Q: Why does the mail storage on my iPhone 6S keep increasing even though I always delete all mail from both my inbox and my rubbish mail boxes?

Why does the "Mail" storage on my iPhone 6S keep increasing even though I always delete all my received mail in the inbox and then all the mail in the Rubbish mailbox?

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.2, Mail storage increases

Posted on May 17, 2016 11:49 PM

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  • by Georg Portenkirchner,Apple recommended

    Georg Portenkirchner Georg Portenkirchner May 18, 2016 12:14 AM in response to Wentworth Falls
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    May 18, 2016 12:14 AM in response to Wentworth Falls

    Mails are not deleted from the Trash and Junk Folder when you move them there. You have to change the settings that they are deleted immediately.

    I guess you get new mails all the time, so these are increasing your storage.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) May 18, 2016 11:12 AM in response to Georg Portenkirchner
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    May 18, 2016 11:12 AM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

    Hi,

     

    Wentworth Falls said...

     

    I always delete all my received mail in the inbox and...

    then all the mail in the Rubbish mailbox

     

    They are saying they are specifically deleting them  but the storage amount is still going up.

     

     

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    7:12 pm      Wednesday; May 18, 2016

     

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  • by Georg Portenkirchner,

    Georg Portenkirchner Georg Portenkirchner May 19, 2016 2:03 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    May 19, 2016 2:03 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    If rubbish mailbox means the trash, so what about spam?

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) May 19, 2016 12:29 PM in response to Georg Portenkirchner
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    May 19, 2016 12:29 PM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

    Ahhh,

     

    Good thought. I had not considered "Rubbish"  to mean something else.

     

    At one time the OS had a British version (back in OS 9 and before) and the Trash was called the Waste Basket.

    We would empty the Waste Basket into a Rubbish bin (or dustbin) that would be collected from the roadside once a week in everyday life.

    Hence my thoughts were that the Trash was being emptied.

     

     

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    8:29 pm      Thursday; May 19, 2016

     

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  • by Georg Portenkirchner,

    Georg Portenkirchner Georg Portenkirchner May 19, 2016 2:07 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    May 19, 2016 2:07 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Ralph,

     

    I was not sure what he meant with the "Rubbish mailbox" (Trash or Junk).

    But anyway if he is only emptying the Trash or Junk, in the other one there still can pile up messages that increase the storage.

     

    Although I doubt he gets so many messages or so many attachments, that the storage increase is so obvious.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) May 19, 2016 2:02 PM in response to Georg Portenkirchner
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    May 19, 2016 2:02 PM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

    Hi,

     

    I would guess that once you start looking you only notice the increase no matter how much it might be.

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    10:02 pm      Thursday; May 19, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)