- the mail app makes it easy to recover deleted emails on your iphone in two ways.
- If you accidentally deleted an email on your iPhone or want to recover an old email, follow these simple steps.
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the mail app on iphone is an easy way to see all your mailboxes in one place, right on your phone’s home screen. The app offers easy swipe methods to mark, archive, or delete emails.
However, sometimes it’s all too easy to accidentally swipe or press the wrong button and delete or archive an email you wanted to keep.
If you do this, don’t worry, there are a couple of easy ways to get that email back. you can do it right away, or if you didn’t realize you made a mistake right away, you can do it later.
Either way, here’s how to recover deleted emails on your iPhone.
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how to recover a deleted email on your iphone if you recently deleted it
1. with the mail app open, shake the phone from side to side.
2. A box titled “Undo Trash” will appear. tap “undo”. the email should reappear in your inbox.
Note that this method will only work if deleting or archiving the email was the last action you took in the app.
if you did anything after that, like open a new email, follow these instructions:
how to recover a deleted email on your iphone if you didn’t delete it recently
1. in the mail app, tap “mailboxes” in the upper left corner.
2. click the sixth item in the list, “trash can”, next to the trash can icon.
3. open the email you want to recover.
4. tap the arrow symbol in the lower right corner.
5. in the popup menu, tap “move message” at the bottom.
6. In the new menu, tap “Inbox” at the top. the message will now reappear in your inbox.
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