Emails in Trash are removed after a certain date

Is there a way to keep emails that are sitting in Trash for as long as I want? I am using an iPhone XS and currently my Trash only goes back to 7/11/22. Older messages are no where to be found. I have my email settings set to keep messages forever.


I am trying to find an email that apparently was sent to Trash on accident because it is no longer in my Inbox. It is dated 7/8/22. I don’t want to have to restore from backup just to retrieve this one message.

iPhone XS, iOS 14

Posted on Jul 25, 2022 9:24 AM

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Posted on Jul 25, 2022 9:43 AM

No, you can’t change the buffer time. You can however try archiving instead of deleting the email.

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