I have three addresses in the mail app. When I delete a message it shows up in the trash and the archive folders. I then empty the trash folder and later delete the accumulated messages in the archive folder. The messages go into the trash folder. I then delete them and they disappear only to show up in the archive folder again. How can I empty the archive folder and have it remain empty?
Gmail account? That’s how it works. They keep all of your email in All Mail which Mail maps to the Archive folder. You can set Gmail to not show “All Mail” in IMAP, and to actually delete messages you delete as opposed to keeping them in All Mail.
Gmail account? That’s how it works. They keep all of your email in All Mail which Mail maps to the Archive folder. You can set Gmail to not show “All Mail” in IMAP, and to actually delete messages you delete as opposed to keeping them in All Mail.
In case you're still having this problem with your gmail addresses, if you go into Google, log in and select email.
Then click on the Settings cogwheel and select 'See all settings'.
Then click on 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP'
Then go to
When a message is marked as deleted and expunged from the last visible IMAP folder:
and select the second option.
Hope this helps
Thanks much
Thanks, this solved the problem
Archive in the mail app
