Deleting emails from multiple devices

I don't understand if I delete an email from my iPhone, iPad or iMac why I have to repeat that deletion on the other devices. They are all up to date software-wise and in the cloud. Can anyone please help?

Comcast email is a POP system, it does not sync between devices, any devices.
Comcast have recently begun a test program for Imap on their email, and Imap does sync so contact Comcast and ask to be enrolled in the program, or wait for them to offer it to you.

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Regarding your first question, I believe you have to delete them from each device --- unless you first delete the app from iTunes, then sync your i-device using iTunes.
Regarding the second question, the key is to delete the app from iTunes on your Mac. That would end the undesireable behavior.

For an iCloud and/or Windstream email account, how can I delete emails across multiple devices, without having to go to each device?

I have a friend with an iCloud email account and Windstream account on both her iPad and iPhone... She's saying that when she deletes an email from one device, it doesn't delete it from the other automatically... She's using both emails through the "Mail, Contacts and Calendars" settings under the "Settings" menu; not through apps... I've had her check both of her email account settings to make sure that the settings were consistent... I've never had this issue with Exchange or Gmail, and I don't use the iCloud email account, so I'm a little unfamiliar with what else to look at... Can someone offer some advice, please?
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IMAP is the mail protocol that allows you to delete a message one place and have it delete everywhere else. iCloud uses IMAP, so it should be working. If the messages never delete, then something may be incorrect in the settings. The easiest thing to do with iCloud is to logout of the account on every device, and then login again. (Another common problem with iCloud email is people often have two Apple IDs, and thus may have two iCloud email accounts. If you get confused about which one you're using, you may think you've deleted email when you actually haven't.)
If the iCloud messages do ultimately delete across all devices, then it could be that some devices aren't set to "Push" but are instead set to "Fetch" the newest info from the server. Fetch can be set to as long as an hour between check-ins.
The same holds true for Windstream if she's using an IMAP account there, too. If it's a POP account, then deleting a message one place will never delete it anywhere else—that's the way POP works.

How to delete mail from multiple devices

How do I delete mail fom multiple devices?

You will find if a post doesn't make sense or is too brief or lacking in clarity to be understood no-one will answer you
Like to try again ?
in the mean time this might help
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/mail/

HT3228 I don't see the "Delete from server" option under Incoming Settings on my IPhone4, is there a way to keep it from the server so that I can check emails from multiple devices?.

I'm using IPhone 4 to check emails. Is there a way on the IPhone to setup that the messages would still be on the server so that when I check on my laptops the messages are still there. I can do this setup for multiple laptops but don't know how I can do it for the IPhone.
I got help and setup all the things they told me but the problem is that I did not see the "Delete from server" option under Incoming Settings on my IPhone 4 to select. Is there anything else that I am missing? Thanks

TamIPhone4 wrote:
I am using cox email, Outlook on the laptop, and IMAP on the IPhone, the problem is that I did not see the Delete from Server option like many of you suggested.
The default for IMAP is that it does NOT delete the email from the server when it pushes the email to a device. Only if you tell a device to tell the server to delete the email, will it actually delete from the server.

HT5361 Deleting email from 2 devices?

When I delete an email from the list while using desktop Mac, it still shows up later when I use iPad. How do I get it to delete completely?

E-mail provider and are the accounts POP or IMAP? If POP, you can go to Mail/Preferences/Accounts/Advanced and check remove message from server so it won't download both places.

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How do I sync emails to delete from desktop when I del them from the iPhone and vice versa?

Requires an IMAP or Exchange account, not possible with a POP account.

With icloud, if i delete emails on one device, shouldn't they be deleted on my other devices?

I have 2 IPads and an IPhone all hooked up with icloud. If I delete emails from one device, shouldn't they be deleted from all 2 devices?

Yes ... they would be deleted from all devices ... IF ...
You are using an iCloud email account. Simply having iCloud turned on on each of your devices is not enough. You must also be using the iCloud email account to achieve this behavior.

Can I sync email between iPad mini, iPad, and MacBook so that if I delete email using one device, it will also be deleted from the other two?

Can I sync email between iPad mini, iPad, and MacBook so that if I delete email using one device, it will also be deleted from the other two?

You have to set up the email account using IMAP instead of POP.
What type of email address is it? Yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc?
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HT4847 If I delete email from the cloud, is is deleted on each each of my devices. I just want to free up space on my iphone and keep my all email on my computer.

If I delete email from the cloud, is is deleted on each each of my devices.

Welcome to the Apple community.
iCloud mail is only doing what it is supposed to do. If you wish to keep mail on your computer but remove it from your iPhone, and then move it to an "On my Mac" folder in mail on your computer.

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I have to delete my emails from each device set up on my email address (iphone, ipad and macbook pro). Is there any way that I can delete the emails from one and have it delete from all of my devices so that I don't have to do it three times?

Not with an antiquated POP account which is designed to be accessed with a single email client.

My iphone storage is full, I deleted all photos but I still see photos occupy 2 GB!! how I can free some storage? Even my emails occupy 3 GB on my Iphone, how I can only delete them from my device?

My iphone storage is full, I deleted all photos but I still see photos occupy 2 GB!! how I can free some storage? Even my emails occupy 3 GB on my Iphone, how I can only delete them from my device?

for the photos: make sure you reboot the device so that the changes are taken into consideration.
For emails: log out of your email account, make sure the emails from that account have been deleted, then log back in, and go to the mall app, but open only the inbox. as long as you don't open your email folders, the phone won't download them.

How do I keep my iPod from deleting emails on other devices?

My wife and I share the same POP and iCloud account. When I delete email from my iTouch it deletes emails on all of our Macs. How do I keep this from happening?
I have my iPod set to delete on iPod only. Settings> Mail, Contacts, Calendar> my POP account or IMAP> Out going Mail Server, Advanced> Mailbox Behaviors, Deleted Mailbox> and I have selected the setting: On My iPod.
I've been trying to find a way to change this behaiveour with out any luck. I have some friends with the same problem.
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A POP account does not syncronize the account among messages.
Could it be that your are deleting the messages from the server when you get the mail on your iPo
in Settings> Mail, Contacts, Calendar> my POP account or IMAP> Out going Mail Server, Advanced> Mailbox Behaviors, Deleted Mailbox> set it to nerver remove messages from the server.

How do I sync my email on multiple devices?

I read my email from several devices: my home computer, work computer, phone and ipad. If I read it on one device and delete it, is not deleted when I read it from the other devices. Is there a way to sync them so I can read, delete, save, file one time and not have to do it multiple times, depensing on what device I am using to read the email?

Closes is to have all your devices leave the email on the server rather then pull it all, but then you have to monitor space to make sure its not all lost. Perhaps have a email client on your main PC pull all copies but leave them for say 30 days before deleting. You would also have to cc yourself on sent mail.

How can I eliminate email on multiple devices?

I have four different email accounts. I have three devices, a Macbook Pro, an iPhone and an iPad. How can I coordinate the devices so that all email goes to my computer, but only messages that have not downloaded to the computer go to the other devices? I end up deleting the same emails from multiple locations, which just takes too much time.
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My mail account on my iPhone is configured as a POP account. Messages are set to never remove from server.
This same mail account is configured as POP account on my iPad. Messages are set to never remove from server.
This account on my MBP is set as POP, and again, remove from server is disabled.
Every email appears in every location. As an example, I had not turned on my iPad for two days, until I checked the settings of the email account. It immediately downloaded 99 messages. I have seen these messages on both my computer and iPhone already, and have deleted them from iPhone. I would have preferred that they never appeared on the iPad.
Is this possible?

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