Why is there archive when deleting email

Are you using gmail by chance? When I delete my yahoo email i get the option to delete but when I go into my gmail inbox I can only archive it....figured it was just a gmail thing

 

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It's a gmail thing. They are collecting every ounce of information they can.

 

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You can change this in Settings. It is either swipe to delete or swipe to archive.

Go to settings, mail, gmail account, turn the bottom switch to off "archive messages"

Then you can swipe to delete. If you want to save a message, go into the email and click the file box at the bottom to archive into all mail.

 

I wish you could do this with Google Voice.. everything is always Archive instead of Delete..

 

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Glad I could help ;-)

 

Btrthnezr3,

Many thanks! I had this same problem for awhile. I couldn't even figure out what it was that replaced the trashcan or what it did. Therefore, I had to manually move each email to the trash folder. What a pain. Can't believe I went so long doing this with such a simple fix possible.

 

No such setting when you sync through Exchange though.