Mail App, how to delete email without opening it

9Benua · Sep 19, 2013

Per title, how to delete email without opening it? IOS6 I just need to slide & delete button came up. IOS7 nothing. I don't want to open email just to delete it.

ekg0477 · Sep 19, 2013

slide to the left

bbfc · Sep 19, 2013

9Benua said:
Per title, how to delete email without opening it? IOS6 I just need to slide & delete button came up. IOS7 nothing. I don't want to open email just to delete it.

Slide your finger on the message and tap 'Trash'.

darngooddesign · Sep 19, 2013

Slide the opposite direction and you get both "More", which is really nice, and "Trash".

9Benua · Sep 19, 2013

Thanks guys, didn't notice that I have to slide to the other direction. What's wrong with sliding left to right apple?

Tyler23 · Sep 19, 2013

9Benua said:
Thanks guys, didn't notice that I have to slide to the other direction. What's wrong with sliding left to right apple?

Because that now initiates the go-back to previous page swipe.

bbfc · Sep 19, 2013

9Benua said:
Thanks guys, didn't notice that I have to slide to the other direction. What's wrong with sliding left to right apple?

That takes you back to the previous page.

You'll get used to it.

ghull · Sep 19, 2013

When I swipe right to left, I get "More" and "Archive". Where is the "Trash" option?

gentlefury · Sep 19, 2013

Swipe left makes more sense to me since you are revealing a button on the right.

Tavicu · Sep 19, 2013

ghull said:
When I swipe right to left, I get "More" and "Archive". Where is the "Trash" option?

You can't delete emails from Gmail. You can only archive them.

bbfc · Sep 19, 2013

ghull said:
When I swipe right to left, I get "More" and "Archive". Where is the "Trash" option?

Depends on the email service. Gmail will archive i believe.

ghull · Sep 19, 2013

If I may show my ignorance one more time, if you "archive" a Gmail e-mail, where does it go? Archive doesn't mean "delete" does it?

Thanks!

Designed4Mac · Sep 19, 2013

Tavicu said:
You can't delete emails from Gmail. You can only archive them.

Yes you can. Settings, Mail Contacts Calendars, click on Gmail account, Click on account, click on advanced and you have the option to delete or archive

Tavicu · Sep 19, 2013

lovememac said:
Yes you can. Settings, Mail Contacts Calendars, click on Gmail account, Click on account, click on advanced and you have the option to delete or archive

Thank you! Didn't know that.

ghull · Sep 20, 2013

Thanks Lovememac

tecknik1 · Sep 20, 2013

I can't find where or how to limit the messages you can store, ios6 you could select 25,50,100 or 200. On ios7 all 14.892 messages are shown.
Has anyone figured this one out.

TroyBoy30 · Sep 20, 2013

tecknik1 said:
I can't find where or how to limit the messages you can store, ios6 you could select 25,50,100 or 200. On ios7 all 14.892 messages are shown.
Has anyone figured this one out.

you havent found it because it has been removed

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