email on iphone and mac

When I delete email (gmail) on my iphone it does not get deleted on my Mac (using the Mac mail app and the apple mail app on the phone). I also have a Yahoo email account and I do not have the same problem with that.

I'm on IOS 16.5.1 and Mac OS 12.3.1.


MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Jul 8, 2023 11:33 AM

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Jul 8, 2023 11:50 AM in response to Patthewordsmith

Patthewordsmith Said:

"email on iphone and Mac: When I delete email (gmail) on my iphone it does not get deleted on my Mac (using the Mac mail app and the apple mail app on the phone). I also have a Yahoo email account and I do not have the same problem with that. I'm on IOS 16.5.1 and Mac OS 12.3.1."

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Troubleshooting iPhone and Mac Mail:

Use a New App Password:

To get things to sync, use a new App Password on each. You would need a new App Password, being that Mail is a third party app. You cannot log in using your eMail address password. The links to use:


Jul 8, 2023 11:56 AM in response to TheLittles

First off I'm using apples mail app on the iphone. To the best of my knowledge it does not have a password. I'm using the Apple mail app on the Mac. To the best of my knowledge it also does not have a password. BTW, th9ings worked OK for years until recently. I'm not sure what changed. Also note I do NOT have the problem with yahoo mail.

Jul 8, 2023 12:17 PM in response to Patthewordsmith

Patthewordsmith Said:

"To the best of my knowledge it also does not have a password. BTW, th9ings worked OK for years until recently."

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Use an App Password:

OK, so change the password that you are currently using in Mail. Mail is third-parry app, whatever the Apple device. Sometimes, when you install updates or make any other changes, Mail stops syncing (which is what an app password is intended to fix. If you don't want to make a new one for Yahoo!, then just do so for gmail.

Jul 10, 2023 2:58 PM in response to Patthewordsmith

Patthewordsmith Said:

"I changed the gmail password on the mac and the iPhone and the problem persists"

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Getting these to Delete:

Remove the accounts and then add them back. If you are using a VPN, then disable it, seeing if it then fixes it. If neither is of success, then contact the eMail providers, requesting assistance. It is the locoing server connection going you the issue. So, ask them which IP Address and Port number to use in the Mail app's settings for these accounts.

Jul 10, 2023 4:12 PM in response to Patthewordsmith

Are you connecting to Gmail using IMAP both on the iPhone and on the Mac?


With IMAP, devices try to show you mail as it exists on the mail server (e.g., Google's mail servers). This is useful for synchronizing mail across devices.


With POP, devices make permanent local copies of mail (and may also delete mail on the server). If your Mac was set up to use POP, deleting mail on the iPhone would not delete mail that the Mac had pulled down to its local Mail foders, even if the iPhone itself had an IMAP connection.


You probably have IMAP connections from both the iPhone and the Mac, but I thought I'd throw this out there.


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