How to I change swipe gestures on iOS?

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How to I change swipe gestures on iOS?

I wish to change swiping left on my gmail account to delete emails, and not archive. This works fine on my iPhone, but I cannot find the settings for the same behaviour on my iPad Pro.

I have searched for the answer and I am to access Settings and then “Accounts and Passwords”, but I do not have this choice in my Settings.

I have checked every possible alternative in Settings, but cannot find it. (Infuriating as I know it is possible.)

iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 3rd Gen, Wi-Fi

Posted on Dec 30, 2020 11:37 AM

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Phil0124

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Dec 30, 2020 11:47 AM in response to PKBA

For iPadOS 14:

Settings->Mail->Accounts->Your mail account->Account->Advanced->Move Discarded Messages set it to Delete Mailbox rather than Archive.

For Previous iPadOS or iOS versions: Settings->Passwords & Accounts->Your account->Account->Advanced

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PKBA Author

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Dec 30, 2020 12:45 PM in response to Phil0124

Great, this solved my problem. It is not obvious - this setting could have been accessed from the 'Swipe' setting screen (too).

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ProustGiulio

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Dec 30, 2020 11:42 AM in response to PKBA

Using ipadOS 14 or later, those options are in Settings>Mail>Accounts.

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How to I change swipe gestures on iOS?

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