When you delete a message, it stays in your Trash for 30 days. After that time, it will be permanently deleted from your account and can't be recovered.
Delete messages
When you delete a message, it stays in your Trash for 30 days. After that time, it will be permanently deleted. If you want to remove a message from your inbox but you don't want to delete it, you can
archive the message.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- Open the message. (If you want to stay in your inbox, check the box next to the message).
- Click Delete.
To delete a single message from an email thread:
- Open the message.
- Next to Reply , click the Down arrow .
- Click Delete this message.
Delete multiple messages
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- Check the boxes to the left of the messages you want to delete.
- Click Delete .
Delete all messages in a category
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- In the top left, click the Down arrow .
- Click All. If you have over one page of messages, you can click Select all conversations.
- Click Delete .
If you don't want a message to stay in your Trash for 30 days, you can permanently delete it.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- On the left side of the page, click More Trash.
- To delete a single message, open the message and click Delete forever.
- To delete all messages in your trash, click Empty Trash now.
Undelete messages
You can move messages out of your trash if you deleted them in the last 30 days.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- On the left side of the page, click More Trash.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- On the left side of the page, click More Trash.
- Check the box next to any messages you want to move.
- Click Move to.
- Choose where you want to move the message to, like your inbox.
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