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Deleting emails on iPad, iPhone, iMac at the same time

How can I delete emails on my iPhone and have them deleted on iPad, iMac?

iPhone XR, iOS 12

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 3:17 PM

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You can set up POP so that you can get the emails to more than one device. (basically the clients just don't send the received message to the server) But yeah as I said, IMAP syncs, POP does not

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 3:42 PM

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Mar 21, 2019 3:25 PM in response to Peggy101

That depends on what email you have, and how it is setup.


If you have a IMAP account, any email you delete on one device will be deleted on all device, because it is synced with a server.

This is how the iCloud email works.(and most modern email providers)


With POP the emails does not sync between devices.


Depending on how your email provider works it may be possible to switch between IMAP and POP. I would advice checking with your email provider if you can use IMAP



Deleting emails on iPad, iPhone, iMac at the same time

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