How to recover accidentally deleted emails from all mailboxes?


I accidentally delete all the contents of all of my mailboxes. Any chance of getting them back?



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Original Title: Deleted emails

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Posted on Nov 26, 2025 12:15 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2025 4:33 PM

If you have a TM backup then it may be possible to recover most but not real easy:

To restore mailbox:

Open Finder

Click “GO” in top menu bar then click option key

Click on Library

Open mail folder

Open V10 (or similar) folder

Then find the folders labeled with cryptic titles (at this point you could open TM if you want to go back in time)

Look down through those folders to find a mailbox (note: there may be more than one with same label).


If it contains email you want you can copy the entire folder to your desktop

Go back into mail and import that folder from your desktop

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Nov 26, 2025 4:33 PM in response to jonisands

If you have a TM backup then it may be possible to recover most but not real easy:

To restore mailbox:

Open Finder

Click “GO” in top menu bar then click option key

Click on Library

Open mail folder

Open V10 (or similar) folder

Then find the folders labeled with cryptic titles (at this point you could open TM if you want to go back in time)

Look down through those folders to find a mailbox (note: there may be more than one with same label).


If it contains email you want you can copy the entire folder to your desktop

Go back into mail and import that folder from your desktop

How to recover accidentally deleted emails from all mailboxes?

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