Email purging

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Email purging

I would really like to be in charge of when e-mails leave my inbox AND when they leave my trash. It seems, on a couple of occasions, the e-mails in my inbox have been purged. Also, I have searched for things that I know I recently deleted and can't find them even though it finds messages as far back as 2013! WTF. How do I change these settings? I'll clean out my inbox and my trash folders - when I need them cleaned out!!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Mar 21, 2023 6:14 PM

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Eric_G1

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Mar 22, 2023 1:53 PM in response to Tammy31313

Hello Tammy31313,

If you're using Apple's Mail app on the Mac, you may try the following steps to adjust when the Trash mailbox is cleared:

Open the Mail app
Head to the Mail menu
Select Preferences
Choose the Accounts tab and select your account on the left
Click on the Mailbox Behaviors tab
In the "Erase junk messages" and "Erase deleted messages" sections you may change these to 'Never' if desired.

Delete emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

Cheers.

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