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I've been experiencing an inability to permanently delete unwanted emails from both my MacBook Pro, and my iPad air and iPhone 12. When I select 10-20 of them, for instance and delete them, after a few minutes, they're back, appearing as if they've been read, even if they weren't.
What's going on here? There are now about 900 of them. #yahoo
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.7
Hello Scottingtonb,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
We want to help get the emails to be fully deleted when you delete them.
Use these steps to delete the emails:
"Delete multiple emails at once
Make sure they are being sent to the trash and not archived. This Apple Support page has the full details: Delete emails on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
You'll want to reach out to Yahoo support if the emails continue to not delete when expected from multiple devices, as it would indicate an account issue not a device issue.
We hope this helps to isolate and resolve the issue with the emails not deleting.
Cheers!
Hello Scottingtonb,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
We want to help get the emails to be fully deleted when you delete them.
Use these steps to delete the emails:
"Delete multiple emails at once
Make sure they are being sent to the trash and not archived. This Apple Support page has the full details: Delete emails on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
You'll want to reach out to Yahoo support if the emails continue to not delete when expected from multiple devices, as it would indicate an account issue not a device issue.
We hope this helps to isolate and resolve the issue with the emails not deleting.
Cheers!
Howdy Scottingtonb,
We're glad this has been cleared up for you, and we appreciate the update.
Since you mentioned the MacBook Pro was running a little slower, we'll include a link below for assistance with slow performance. This may be expected depending on the amount of available storage, macOS version, and other contributing factors, so this resource can help if you'd like to review it.
If your Mac runs slowly - Apple Support
Have a great day!
Thanks, that seems to have helped, the deleted emails have not returned on my iPhone, it's taking longer on my MacBook Pro 2014, though. Still processing...
Okay, all is well now. Thanks again!
Scott B
Cannot permanently delete emails from devices
