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hot to delete email in the mail app from a gmail account.

How could I delete emails in the Mail app from a gmail account, directly with a swipe. If I swipe left on the gmail account on an email I have the following options: More, Flag, Archive. How to set Delete insted of Archive?

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Posted on May 11, 2021 1:05 AM

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andrei7even,


Apologies if we weren't clear before. You'll need to change the mailbox behavior from "Archive" to "Delete". Those steps can be found in the guide we shared above, under "Archive instead of delete". Here they are too, just in case:


  1. Tap Settings > Mail > Accounts.
  2. Tap your Gmail account, then tap Account [email address]
  3. Tap "Advanced" at the bottom
  4. Then, under "Move Discarded Messages Into" change to "Deleted Mailbox"


Delete and recover emails in Mail on iPhone


We hope this helps.


Cheers.

Posted on May 12, 2021 1:32 PM

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May 12, 2021 1:32 PM in response to andrei7even

andrei7even,


Apologies if we weren't clear before. You'll need to change the mailbox behavior from "Archive" to "Delete". Those steps can be found in the guide we shared above, under "Archive instead of delete". Here they are too, just in case:


  1. Tap Settings > Mail > Accounts.
  2. Tap your Gmail account, then tap Account [email address]
  3. Tap "Advanced" at the bottom
  4. Then, under "Move Discarded Messages Into" change to "Deleted Mailbox"


Delete and recover emails in Mail on iPhone


We hope this helps.


Cheers.

hot to delete email in the mail app from a gmail account.

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