5.5.13. Deleting E-Mail messages

The following options are available:

  • Delete individual E-Mail messages or entire E-Mail conversations. By default, the E-Mail messages are moved to the Trash folder.

  • Delete all E-Mail messages in an E-Mail folder. By default, the E-Mail messages are moved to the Trash folder.

  • Recover deleted E-Mail messages from the Trash.

  • Permanently delete E-Mail messages from the trash. Permanently deleted E-Mail messages are irrevocably lost.

Warning: If you enable the E-Mail settings option Permanently remove deleted e-mail messages you will not be able to recover deleted E-Mail messages. It is recommended that you not use this setting.

How to delete email messages:

  1. Select an E-Mail.

  2. Click the Delete icon in the tool bar.

    You can also use the [Del] or [Backspace] key.

Result: The email is moved to the Trash folder.

Tip: You can also delete multiple E-Mail messages at once.

How to delete all email messages in a folder:

  1. In the folder tree, select the folder that contains the email messages that you want to delete.

  2. Click the Folder-specific actions icon next to the folder name. Click on Empty folder.

Result: The email is moved to the Trash folder.

How to recover deleted email messages:

  1. Open the Trash folder in the folder tree.

  2. Select an E-Mail.

  3. Click on More in the tool bar. Select Move from the menu.

  4. Select a folder in the Move window. Click on the Move button.

Result: The email is moved to the selected folder.

How to permanently delete an email from the Trash folder:

Warning: Permanently deleted email messages cannot be recovered. Before permanently deleting an email, make sure you no longer need the email.

  1. Open the Trash folder in the folder tree.

  2. Select an E-Mail.

  3. Click the Delete icon in the tool bar.

Result: The email is permanently deleted.