Add delete button in gmail on iPad/iPhone

To change the required behaviour, you need to drill at little further into your Mail settings...:

Settings > Mail > [Your Gmail Account] > [Your Gmail Account] > Advanced > [Move Discarded Messages into]

Choose from Deleted Mailbox or Archive Mailbox

Your screenshot is only half-way to the target settings page.

Between us we got there 🙂

In the Mail app , where all of your mailboxes are listed :

edit > add mailbox > uncheck archive and any others that you don't want .

If you are using the native Mail app on the iPad, then the settings for archive versus delete are made in Settings>Mail>Accounts, then select the Gmail account. From there, you should find the setting in the Advanced section.

You’re very welcome.

Google, by its very nature, tries to keep as much information as possible - not for your benefit, but for mining your data and researching your behaviour/interests/habits for marketing purposes. Google Mail accounts default to using the Archive Mailbox.

Remember, with Google, you are the product that is sold.

As LotusPilot has stated, you needed to tap on the account. I missed the extra tap to select the Gmail account in the page you are on, and then you will see Advanced.

Thanks for the assist LP.

Very true!