Have you ever accidentally deleted an important email from your iPhone and then wasted hours looking for methods to recover it? Well, we all have done this at least once. It is too easy to just tap on the Delete button mistakenly on an iPhone. But the question here is, can you recover those deleted emails? YES, you can. Show
A similar thing happened with one of my friends. She was a new iOS user and didn’t know much about how it works. As a result, she accidentally deleted her emails from Gmail. Then someone told her not to worry because on iPhone, there is a backup of everything on iCloud, but unfortunately she couldn’t find them there either. So now what? After hours of research and brainstorming, she came up with several solutions and got her emails back. Here’s what she did. First, let’s get to know what happens to the emails once they are deleted. Where Do the Emails Go After Deletion?Most people don’t know this but once an email is deleted from your inbox, it isn’t deleted. It is just transferred to another folder called “Trash Folder”. The emails stay there for the next 30 days and after that, they are deleted permanently. Like any other email system, the iPhone has a built-in safety mechanism called the iPhone Mail App, which allows users to recover deleted emails from their iPhones. But what after those 30 days? Is there a way to recover a permanently deleted email? Well, there is more than just one way. Let’s know how: Recovering Permanently Deleted Emails From Gmail on iPhoneHere are some methods you can use to recover permanently deleted emails from Gmail: Method 1: Recovering Emails Using the Trash Option on iPhoneAs mentioned above, the deleted emails are transferred to the Trash Folder. Hence, you can recover them back in just a few steps:
There you go, your emails are recovered. Important Notes: To avoid this situation of emails being deleted automatically from the Trash folder too, some users have set a period of time for their emails in the Trash folder. Yes, you read it right. With some email clients, it is possible to set how long the deleted emails stay in the Trash folder. Let’s understand how you can do it in just some simple steps.
Note: some of the email services might not abide by your selection, this is because some of them do not keep emails in the trash for more than 30 days, like iCloud. Method 2: Recovering Emails from iCloud BackupiCloud has a backup of almost every file on your iPhone. So it is possible to recover a permanently deleted email from there. Here’s how you can do it: Note: Your iPhone data will be deleted after using these steps.
Method 3: Recovering Missing Emails on iPhone Using iCloud.comIf you already have created a backup of your files including emails, it will be very easy for you to recover them using the following steps:
Note: It is not assured that the above steps will recover your emails as it mainly depends on the settings and configuration you have done during backing up your data. Method 4: Recover Emails on Your iPhone With the Shaking FeatureYou might not know about this but the iPhone comes with some very interesting features. The Shaking feature is one of them. You just have to shake your device and your emails will be recovered within a moment. The thing to keep in mind here is that you have to perform this immediately after your emails are deleted. Here’s how you can do it:
Methods 5: Use the Archive Option to Recover the Permanently Deleted EmailsFollow these simple steps to recover your deleted emails through the archive option:
Use this process whenever you think your emails are archived. Well, these are the methods you can use to recover your permanently deleted emails from Gmail in iPhone as iCloud always has a backup of almost all of your files. Now, what if you don’t have a backup? Can you recover an email without having a backup? Absolutely. Let’s know how. Recovering Permanently Deleted Emails on iPhone Without BackupWhen nothing works, this will be your endgame. Although iCloud always has a backup of your files, sometimes maybe because of some technical glitch, it can’t cover every file of your device. In this case, it is advised to use a technical data recovery tool that will help you fetch your emails or any other data back without harming your device or causing any threat to your data. These are the methods you can use to recover your deleted emails on your iOS device(iPhone/ iPad). Always remember to have a backup of all your important files and other data so there is no loss of your essential documents. How do I recover permanently deleted emails from Apple Mail?Launch the Apple Mail app. Click the Time Machine icon located in the Menu Bar and choose Enter Time Machine. Go back in time using the timeline on the right edge of the screen until you find a backup containing the deleted emails. Click Restore to recover your emails.
How do I recover permanently deleted emails from iPhone?Recover a deleted email. Tap. in the upper-left corner, then tap an account's Trash mailbox.. Tap the email you want to recover, then tap .. Tap Move Message, then choose another mailbox.. Can permanently deleted emails be found?If you have accidently deleted a specific email while cleaning up your deleted items folder, you are able to recover those individual emails from within the client and on the web. Please Note: Emails can only be recovered within 30 days of deletion. Anything after that will be permanently lost.
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