Hmm, ok, thanks. cait On 2013-02-14, at 3:06 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, just grabbing the first page I find when Googling this, according > to http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=7401 > messages will be deleted after approximately 30 days. The oldest message > I have in my Trash folder is from December 20, 2012, and I've been using > Gmail for years. Your All Mail folder will also contain anything that > you assigned to any folder, so you may have things in there from quite a > while ago. Also, if you recently deleted a message from 2010, it'll > still hang around the Trash folder for a little while. I have no idea > how often Google runs their garbage collection on their Gmail servers. > > On 14/02/13 13:29, cait furness wrote: >> Ok, how can you find out how long gmail keeps messages? I have stuff in my >> all mail folder that go way back to the time I started my gmail account a >> couple of years ago! I'd like those to go away for good! You'd think when >> you hit delete, and tell gmail not to archive stuff, that'd stick! >> Caitlyn >> >> On 2013-02-13, at 11:40 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Remember that in Gmail, folders are just labels. If a message is in a >>> folder it's also in the All Mail folder, but there's really only one >>> message with two labels. I don't remember if a message in the Trash >>> folder is also in the All Mail folder or not, but it would only be there >>> until Gmail deletes it after 60 days or so. >>> >>> On 13/02/13 12:23, Nimit Kaur wrote: >>>> Well, there are some messages in my gmail that i like to archive and >>>> it saves in my all mail folder. I also have different folders saved >>>> for my mails such as a family folder, teachers folder, and I am just >>>> going to create each folder for each of the lists I am subscribed to >>>> because my inbox is so cluttered and I can't seem to find my important >>>> messages that I need. Thanks! I also created another account just >>>> for school stuff to catch up. That's how I stay organized at least. >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/13/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I guess I don't understand where this clutter comes from. The only time >>>>> I go into the Trash or All Mail folder is when I'm looking for something >>>>> I deleted, or I'm not sure where I moved it to. This is very seldom. >>>>> Otherwise, I just jump between my In Box and the folders where I have >>>>> messages saved. I don't find there to be any clutter there except for >>>>> the clutter I created myself by explicitly saving a message. >>>>> >>>>> On 13/02/13 11:44, Regina Alvarado wrote: >>>>>> Christine: >>>>>> There is no way to delete them even on line. I have learned to just >>>>>> delete >>>>>> them and let them go to the trash. I am such a housecleaner on computer >>>>>> or >>>>>> iPhone that I desperately wanted to delete all the messages from all the >>>>>> other "folders" on Gmail so all the folders would be clear. However, >>>>>> there >>>>>> is no way to do it. I admit I have needed to go back and find a message >>>>>> I >>>>>> deleted by accident so I guess having all the mail cluttering up >>>>>> everything >>>>>> is a blessing for that. >>>>>> Reggie >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>>>> Behalf >>>>>> Of Kristeen Hughes >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:15 AM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Deleting Gmail messages for Clwyd >>>>>> >>>>>> I can move messages to the trash folder and if I try to delete them from >>>>>> there they seem to go into the all-male program. Is there a way to >>>>>> finally >>>>>> delete messages from Gmail without having to go online? And, if you do go >>>>>> online, how do you do it from there? >>>>>> >>>>>> Kristeen Hughes >>>>>> Skype: lostonsylvane >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Christopher (CJ) >>>>> chaltain at Gmail >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google >>>>> Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "VIPhone" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher (CJ) >>> chaltain at Gmail >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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