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Until a couple of weeks ago, when I deleted an email on my iPad, it would be deleted on my iPhone and iMac. When I moved the email to a folder on any device, it would be moved on all devices. Incoming settings shows: IMAP Path Prefix / with nothing after it. Server Port is identical on the iPad and iPhone.
Both the iPhone SE second generation and iPad are updated to iOS 15.5.
iPhone SE (Gen 3)
Your IMAP Path Prefix is determined by the Mail provider; “/“ is entirely normal for perhaps the majority of Mail providers.
Email synchronisation is a function of the IMAP server. If deleted or moved Mail massages are not being synchronised with (or from) a single device, it is very likely that something is amiss with its Mail account settings.
If the settings are consistent with other devices that continue to operate as expected, it is often simplest to delete the Mail account from the affected device - then force-restart the device before re-adding the Mail account.
To delete an email account:
Settings > Mail > Accounts > [Email Account] > Delete Account
Forced restart:
Force restart iPad - Apple Support
Re-add email account:
Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Your IMAP Path Prefix is determined by the Mail provider; “/“ is entirely normal for perhaps the majority of Mail providers.
Email synchronisation is a function of the IMAP server. If deleted or moved Mail massages are not being synchronised with (or from) a single device, it is very likely that something is amiss with its Mail account settings.
If the settings are consistent with other devices that continue to operate as expected, it is often simplest to delete the Mail account from the affected device - then force-restart the device before re-adding the Mail account.
To delete an email account:
Settings > Mail > Accounts > [Email Account] > Delete Account
Forced restart:
Force restart iPad - Apple Support
Re-add email account:
Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Thanks for the clarification and suggestion. I deleted the gmail account from the iPhone because it had several hundred more messages than the iPad. I restarted the phone and added the gmail account. I still have a problem. Deletions on the iPad are not being deleted on the phone and the difference in number is the same.
Try deleting the Gmail account from the iPad, it seems likely that that is the device not syncing to the server
You can confirm this by checking gmail.com from a browser and see if any of them are synced with that or not
Can an expert do this for me ?
Thanks. I tried that this morning after realizing my Imac and phone were syncing. The iPad is not identical now to the phone, ut close enough to stop worrying. I a, grateful for this community.
Email stopped syncing across devices
