Why does email that I want to delete bring up a icon that says archive and not delete? I want to delete the email and not archive it.
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Why does deleted email go to archive and not trash?
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Ok, I think that is because it is GMail. If that is the case, how do I delete the archived emails? Where do I find the archived emails to ultimately delete them?
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You have to go into the mail settings and choose gmail act and turn off archive mail. Easy fix.
whsbuss
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Sorry but that won't work. Do a search here and you will find its Gmail's implementation of exchange that causes deleted email to be archived.
Not correct. The fix works if you setup gmail via imap. If you set it up as exchange, then it will not work.
If it was setup via Gmail/imap then the delete button DOES delete, thus if some one is 'deleting' and it is actually archiving they are obviously using exchange - so the poster was correct.
Edit. jenzjen is indeed correct - I simply miss read the OP.
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Nice. I always appreciate it when people try to be superheroes and end up falling flat on their face. Kudos to you.
My post was correct.
Look above, the OP already replied thanking the forum for the fix, which means he was using Gmail via IMAP. Exchange and whsbuss reply are (a) incorrect and (b) irrelevant.
Second, the OP never said he is deleting with the phone actually archiving. Reading comprehension, please. He wrote "Why does email that I WANT to delete bring up a icon that says archive and not delete?" ... he was not getting any delete icon only the archive icon - which happens under both IMAP and exchange.
Thanks for playing.
I miss read and so I apologise. I had a very early start this morning and am looking forward to getting out of work shortly.
I will mention though that when setup via exchange that you only get a delete icon - granted it doesn't delete, but that's the icon that shows.
I will mention though that when setup via exchange that you only get a delete icon - granted it doesn't delete, but that's the icon that shows.
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Are you sure you are using the 'Exchange' option on the iPhone and not the 'Gmail'(IMAP) option?