Deleting emails simultaneously across all devices?

What are the steps?

iPhone 13 mini, iOS 16

Posted on Aug 22, 2023 6:37 AM

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Aug 22, 2023 6:50 AM in response to Maric53

Mail messages are not directly synchronised between devices - but instead individually synchronise with your Mail Provider’s mail server.


If mail clients are using an appropriate mail protocol, such as IMAP, the mail status (read, unread, flagged, deleted or moved) is synchronised with the Mail Server; all mail clients that access the same mail account will see the status changes and update to reflect the changes.


As such, when you delete you local copy of an email on one device, the deletion also occurs at the Mail server - and the deletion is replicated to other clients that access the same mail account.


If instead you are using the older POP3 mail protocol, you are likely to see completely different behaviour.

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