Delete emails on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support (2024)

FAQs

Does deleting email on iPhone also delete on iPad? ›

In order for the email to be deleted on all devices you will now have to empty Trash: If you are like most Apple users, you are getting emails on your iPad, your iPhone, and your desktop computer. Follow the steps below to delete emails on all your devices without having to delete them one at a time on each device.

Tap Edit in the upper-right corner, then individually select the emails that you want to delete, or tap Select All. To select multiple emails quickly, swipe down through the checkboxes. Tap Trash or Archive. If you only see Archive, touch and hold Archive to see other options like Trash Selected Messages.

Go to 'settings'>''mail,contact,calendars' and in the settings box for 'mail' make sure the 'Ask before deleting' is set to ON.

Your emails may not be deleting in Apple Mail due to various reasons, such as syncing issues, incorrect mailbox settings, or server problems. To fix this issue, try restraining the Mail app, checking your internet connection, verifying mailbox settings, or reconnecting your email account.

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You can free up iCloud space when you delete email messages from your iCloud email account. You can also move email messages from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC, where they no longer count against your iCloud storage. Use the steps below to delete messages from your account.

Select All Mail in the menu. Tap Select at the bottom and then Select All. Choose Trash to move the messages to the Trash folder where you can recover them later if necessary or More → Delete to permanently remove them. Pick Confirm.

Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts. Tap the email account you want to remove from your iPhone, then tap Sign Out or Delete Account.

Thanks for asking about the removal of emails after 2 years. The options are in "Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts. Tap your email account, tap Mail (below Advanced), then tap Advanced. In the Advanced settings, tap Remove, then select a time interval."

How do I delete saved emails on my iPad? ›

This issue can be caused by a few different things, but the most common cause is a conflict between a retention policy and a retention label. To fix the issue, you can try the following: Check the retention policy for the inbox folder. Make sure that the policy does not prevent deletion of emails.

One easy way to get this done is to sort your email inbox by sender. Simply delete social media messages, retail ads, past event reminders, delivery confirmations, out-of-date newsletters, etc. Then sort again by subject line and do the same thing.

Clear Cache of the Email App:Sometimes, the app's cache can get corrupted, leading to performance issues. Clearing the cache can help. To do this, go to Settings > Apps & notifications > See all apps > [Your Email App] > Storage & cache > Clear Cache.

When you use iCloud Photos and delete a photo or video on one device, it gets deleted on all other devices where you're signed in with the same Apple ID. Learn how to delete photos and videos in iCloud Photos. To see how much storage you have left on your device, go to Settings > General > [Device] Storage.

Remember, removing the account from your phone does not delete the account – you can still use it on your computer or other device.

If a message is deleted by one device, it is removed from the server, and will no longer be seen by a different device. The same applies to any webmail service such as Gmail.

Open the Trash folder and select all emails using the checkbox. Click the Delete Forever button to erase Gmail emails on all devices. Now you can see your Gmail emails deleted from all devices.