Not sure how, but my trash folder is missing from my mail. Not sure how to recover it. I have OS Catalina and the mail preferences do not include trash in the account behaviours. Not sure what to do.
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
miesje208 wrote:
Did it. Didn't make the trash icon/folder appear. I think the deleted emails are probably going into the computer's Bin on my desktop, but they're impossible to search. I want my **** trash back in my email so I can rummage through (search) them the same way I do with sent and junk emails.
You can delete the email account then Add in back in to regain all mailbox.
IMAP email remains on the server.
Add or remove email accounts in Mail on Mac - Apple Support
If you want to try and investigate further, control click on your inbox>Account information,
see if Trash is being recognized here.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/create-or-delete-mailboxes-mlhlp1021/mac
miesje208 wrote:
Did it. Didn't make the trash icon/folder appear. I think the deleted emails are probably going into the computer's Bin on my desktop, but they're impossible to search. I want my **** trash back in my email so I can rummage through (search) them the same way I do with sent and junk emails.
You can delete the email account then Add in back in to regain all mailbox.
IMAP email remains on the server.
Add or remove email accounts in Mail on Mac - Apple Support
If you want to try and investigate further, control click on your inbox>Account information,
see if Trash is being recognized here.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/create-or-delete-mailboxes-mlhlp1021/mac
Did it. Didn't make the trash icon/folder appear. I think the deleted emails are probably going into the computer's Bin on my desktop, but they're impossible to search. I want my **** trash back in my email so I can rummage through (search) them the same way I do with sent and junk emails.
Sorry, I wasn't clear in my original post. I'm in my iMail (or whatever it's called). I have no trash folder and when I delete messages, they seem to be gone. Any suggestion? I'm working with macOSCatalina
If it is a non-apple (microsoft, Yahoo etc) IMAP account then removing the account and adding it back should recreate all folders that exist in the webmail account.
Google accounts don't have trash as a concept
Was Gmail ever POP? I know it isn't true IMAP.
I seem to remember only an archive option was given in iPhone Mail app when you left swiped. Like I said it has been a while but I do remember Google REALLY want to keep your emails forever and even if you think they are gone they ain't. Still being marketed and analysed.
This worked. Thank you so, so much for your help.
miesje208 wrote:
This worked. Thank you so, so much for your help.
Good computing miesje208 ! Glad to hear this solved your problem.
Mail>preferences>Accounts>Select your account>Mailbox behavior> make changes to Trash
Tried that - there's no trash option. Not sure what to do...
peter_watt wrote:
Google accounts don't have trash as a concept
Come again? All my GMail accounts have a Trash folder. Both in webmail and Mail, Thunderbird, etc.
Ok it's been a while since I got out of Google 100% but they tended to just archive everything. I have had email clients with only archive as an option on Gmail
Maybe in POP mail. I've never used it.
You will not have a trash folder until you delete something.
Change the Bin Mailbox to something other than None?
Trash folder missing from Mail
