Mail App Storage Amount

I have the same problem. I think that the kind of thing which is a part of the "other" stuff that appears on itunes when u still your storage management.

Me i have 3,5 Go of mails and pieces written in the storage information. The true, my mailboxes are empty and i don't know how to remove that space occupated by unkown files.

I had the ideas to use an app on the appstore called iclean, but it's not free and i'm scared it erases my games settings and my personnals sms for example. So if anyone has an idea that works for sure, it's very welcome.

I have the same problem since updating to ios 7. If I go to settings > general > usage my mail is now taking up almost 1gb of space. Before updating is was taking up next to no space???

I had the same problem after installing iOS7 on my IPhone 5. Email was using 3.4 GB.

My Ipad was up to 4.5 for Email.

I deleted my Email account (on both my Ipad and Iphone) and then reinstalled it. Email is now 233 MB.

Thanks, that worked for me!! But it is creeping back up so I hope there is a better solution on the way.

When an email is deleted from your iPhone or iPad the message is not actually deleted but rather 'marked for deletion'.

In order to actually delete emails and free up the space the email has used, the phone must be synced by connecting it to your computer via iTunes.

Try this:

Go to Setting, Mail

Select the Account

Select Advanced

Select Remove

Tap 'After one day'

Sundown1355

Not sure where the advanced tab is at. I have an iPhone and an iPad. My iPad shows 1.1 gig of space used. I have emptied everything out and it still shows up. Getting frustrated. My phone has more emails on it and it shows 533 MB. Grrr

Ok. So I figured it out. The advanced is not on the phone. Changed on the iPad. Still shows the usage at 1.1 gb.

I am also having the same problem. In iOS 6, my mail usage showing on the phone was insignificant, however I noticed the other week that since upgrading to iOS 7 recently, it is now 1.1GB, which is madness. I have two email accounts, one is IMAP and the other is a POP account and am loathe to delete the POP account as I would lose my emails. I tried deleting emails from sent and trash folders, but it made no difference. My husband only has an IMAP account and his is fine, so not sure if iOS 7 can't cope with POP accounts. Unfortunately that's not a solution, just a possible explanation, so a solution that would actually work would be great. My email is not synced to my mac and I've connected the phone to iTunes since first noticing the problem and it's made no difference.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated as I'm getting fed up with this now.

Has this been figured out. I have this problem as well.

Thanks

I have 5 Gigs in Mail!! I assume if I delete my email account and then reconnect to it -- I will free up space. Will try that.