Iphone Mail App Archive Instead Delete

This post is part of iphone life s tip.

Iphone mail app archive instead delete. If you re using a gmail account in mail it archives rather than deletes your email. In the move discarded messages into section choose either deleted mailbox or archive mailbox. Instead you ll see move archive and three dots leading to a number of different options when you swipe right to.

This determines whether you see a delete button or an archive button when you swipe in mail. Try not to faint. Next select the email account for which you want to change the archive to delete.

You can also select only emails sent to your google address while in all inboxes as you re about to see this tip applies to me and my inbox in a very real way. If you set this to archive mailbox whenever you choose archive in the mail swipe options it will really mean delete. After that tap on account at the top.

Even though it still says archive in that screen. Confirm that deleted mailbox redirects to trash if you want to swipe to delete emails. How to delete instead of archive your emails on iphone first you ll need to get to your gmail inbox in the ios mail app then you can go about deleting unwanted emails.

Open settings on your iphone and select passwords accounts. The apple mail app will need to have its settings changed from your iphone s settings app while the gmail app settings will be adjusted from within the gmail app. Keep in mind this tutorial is for those who use gmail through apple s mail app on iphone and ipad.

How to set gmail to delete instead of archive in mail on iphone and ipad. Scroll to the bottom and select advanced. If you d prefer to always delete messages you can disable archiving from settings then mail contacts calendars.