Cannot Delete Emails On Android Phone.

firefox1956

Bit of a bizarre problem with my android phone & emails.
I have 2 emails on my phone that I just cannot get rid of.
When I delete them they just appear back.
I also have a 99+ emails in the Unread box going back to 2014 !!
When I read them they also appear back...........
Anybody any ideas whats up ??

pawlala

Are they from another server?

wongataa

What email provider and what app are you using to view them?

forgotmyname

Saved on your server so they will be visible.

Delete them and then delete them from the deleted folder or recycle bin, i have over 400 in mine

S0litaire

It can take a while for the phone to sync with the mail server...

Even in googles gmail app it sometimes takes a good 5 to 20 mins for any mail I've read / deleted on my mobile to sync with Gmails server.

Also their is usually the odd email that refuses to be marked or deleted till I actually do it on the server.

Biggles

Depending on your Android version, under email settings you will have an option to either
Delete on the phone only (fine if you only use POP email)
Delete on phone and server (necessary if you use IMAP mail) or
Prompt, so that you can choose each time.

Yours must currently be set for phone only.

RumRat

Wammery wrote: »

I don't usually delete data from my phone with removed manually ,because I've tried many times before, some data can't be completely erase from Android phone , and they are easily recovered, you can use some tools to delete it from your phone .
At least , the data eraser tool can be used to delete everything from Android phone ,

That won't solve the problem and is a different issue.

RumRat

firefox1956 wrote: »

Bit of a bizarre problem with my android phone & emails.
I have 2 emails on my phone that I just cannot get rid of.
When I delete them they just appear back.
I also have a 99+ emails in the Unread box going back to 2014 !!
When I read them they also appear back...........
Anybody any ideas whats up ??

You don't say which app you are using to retrieve your emails, but, I would try another one before sweating any major changes.
Try BlueMail or K9 if that works then just delete the accounts from whatever app you are now using.
Or, you could try just deleting the accounts and re-entering them.

firefox1956

Thanks for all the replies to my post.
Sorted it myself........
Settings....Apps....GMail.....Storage ...Clear Data....Clear Cache.
Job done.
Well for me anyway !!

RumRat

Where's the spam button gone!!!????:mad:

DoaM

RumRat wrote: »

Where's the spam button gone!!!????:mad:

MSE must still be tinkering with the forum. Probably best to just report the post ... but it is slightly more hassle than simply clicking a :spam: button.