How do I permanently delete email messages from my Mail inbox?

Ever since I migrated from Mobile Me to iCloud, I can't seem to delete messages from my MacBook Mail inbox.  They just reappear seconds later.  What do I need to do to delete them permanently?  I've tried looking in the settings, preferences, accounts, etc.  I've also made sure to select the "hide deleted messages" from the View tab.  Please help!  I am sure that there is a simple solution.  They are also staying on my iPhone and iPad.

Settings > General > Spotlight Search > Uncheck Messages
It's that or Restore the device as New with iTunes
Hope that helps

Similar Messages

  • How do i restore deleted email messages from mac mail back to hotmail server?

    i have a hotmail email address i use, i have been using      mac lion mail   
    here the problem - i found loads of my emails missing when using hotmail webpage
    but in MacMail they are all there still.
    i found that in macmail settings "remove copy from server after retrieving a message" was selected(after one week). (now i have disabled this function)
    how can i send them back to the hotmail server email box?
    Many thanks in advance for help. Rick

    rickonhismac wrote:
    the emails are in inbox of mac mail back to 2009 but when i log in the hotmail.com website they only go back to jan 2012
    i think mac mail has erased the from hotmail server after placing them in the mac mail.
    i need emails back on hotmail server for access to old emails when working out and about with ipad.
    I do not know if you can unfortunately, having deleted them from the POP server and as Hotmail does not offer an iMap or Exchange solution for OSX they may be 'marooned'
    I will search around and see if I can find a solution.
    But before anything else happens backup your mail (Mailbox Menu>Export Mailbox) and save the file somewhere you can find it, you probably don't need to hear this but you should be (have been) backing up regularly, for this and many other reasons.
    I'll post back if I can find a solution to the issue.

  • How do I stop deleted email messages from being removed?

    I have an iMac running OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.2 and an iPhone 5.  I get my email from hotmail using IMAP protocol.  When I delete an email, I want it to stay in the "deleted" folder forever or until I decided to manually remove it.  However, for some reason they only stay in the deleted folder for a week.
    My mailbox behavior preference is set to NEVER permanently erase deleted messages.  Why do the deleted message only stay for a week and how can I change this to keep them permanently?

    Actually this helped on the phone but the emails on my iMac are still only staying around for one week.  In prferences, it is checked to NEVER removed deleted messages from trash.  What else can be wrong???

  • Can't delete email messages from some folders in Mail

    I CAN delete email messages from header Folder "MAILBOXES" (drafts, sent, trash); however, there's another folder header below called "ON MY MAC", where I save various emails by dragging them to a subfolder, and when I try to delete these, I get this message:
    "The message '(subject of email)' could not be moved to the mailbox 'Deleted Messages --- On My Mac' The destination mailbox 'Deleted Messages --- On My Mac' does not allow messages to be moved to it."
    The only way to delete from this folder is to hold Control, select from the dropdown Move to, then Trash, and then one of three sub-trash folders (the one that has my email address) -- this is a pain to do.
    Mail is just not working properly any more (I just added 2 other posts - one about crashing, another about all my Fonts missing)
    thank you in advance!

    Colin,
    Have you checked Mail>Window>Previous Recipients for the old address? If not, attempt to "Remove From List" at that location and let us know what happens.
    ;~)

  • How do I permanently delete music files from itunes AND my  computer (without going to the folder to delete each item)? It's a windows system. I've tried 'reset all dialogue warnings' as I've been told to do but no luck. Files are still in Itunes folders.

    How do I permanently delete music files from itunes AND my  computer (without going to the folder to delete each item)? It's a windows system. I've tried 'reset all dialogue warnings' as I've been told to do but no luck. Files are still in Itunes folders. I would really appreciate help!

    Solved! Music was in Itunes folder but not in Media folder within that. It doesn't seem like a very user friendly system so far!

  • How do I permanently delete an invitee from iCal

    how do I permanently delete an invitee from iCal

    Hello JT610,
    Thank you for the question.  You can delete the contacts that appear in iCloud by deleting the contact information from Address Book:
    The contacts that appear as you type in an iCal invitees field come from Address Book (the contacts application that comes with Mac OS X). To add, remove, or edit the contacts, you need to change the information in Address Book
    Add, edit, or delete contacts in Address Book
    In iCal, choose Window > Address Book, and then add, edit, or delete contact information in Address Book.
    iCal 5.x: Change the contacts that appear as you type in an Invitees field
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4705
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    Best,
    Sheila M.

  • TS1702 How do you permanently delete purchased apps from itunes?

    How do I permanently delete purchased apps from itunes on my iphone?

    I have spent a good part of my evening trying to figure this out then finally found this page which confirms what I was thinking... It doesn't appear possible! ARHHHH!!! There are loads of posts saying how you can do this, when what they appear to be describing is how to remove the apps from their iphone/ipad and not actually from the list of every app you have ever installed which appears when you go into the "Apps Store" > Updates > Not on this iPhone.
    It would be really nice to be able to remove programs from this list as I am sure I am not the only person who over the years have installed some apps which where not very good and I don't want to be reminded of them or to ever see them again quite frankly.
    I can do this very easily from my Android phone in Google Play which is Google's version of the App Store.
    I think things like this remind me why I prefer the ease of use of my Android phone... Ho hum! Maybe one day some geeks at Apple will realise that this would actually be a really useful thing to be able to do and enable it.

  • HT204022 How can I permanently delete all photos from My Photo Stream?

    My child took photos that should not be on the internet or posted and I have deleted them from the phone....but they are still seen in My Photo Stream. How can I permanently delete these photos from the phone?

    Hello t1121cs,
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    To delete items from My Photo Stream, please see the information in the article linked to below.
    Delete photos from My Photo Stream - Apple Support
    Take care,
    Alex H.

  • How do I recover deleted text messages from my ipad mini?

    How do I recover deleted text messages from my ipad mini?

    You can try looking at the previous discussions on the right side of the page under the heading "More Like This".
    Here is one place that claims to be able to do it. You have to send them your device.
    RECOVER DELETED MESSAGES FROM IPHONE TEXT CONTACTS PHOTOS SMS VIDEO PICTURES
    BTW, you posted in the iPod touch forum.

  • How do you retrieve deleted text messages from icloud

    How do you retrieve deleted text messages from icloud?

    Hope this helps
    I hope you created an iCloud backup.
    Here is what the iCloud backup can have in it.
    iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519
    Good hunting

  • How do i permanently delete a download from the queue

    I have some partly downloaded movies that I no longer qant. I delete them but next then next time I sign in they are there again and start to download. How can I permanently delete them from the queue?

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    Try deleting it twice.

  • How do I permanently delete emails ?

    Hi can I permanently delete emails from my iminiipad without having to remove all my settings and data
    Even though I am not logged in to my gmail account and have double deleted within gmail, some of my emails appear to be stored on the iPad and comeup when I do a spotlightsearch

    Hi even though my emails are set to delete and not archive, they still seem to show up in the spotlight search.
    I also need to get rid of some old emails  and other data and was just wondering if there was a way of removing all the data searched on too ?
    When you reset your iPad it seems to give you the only option of removing all the settings or removing all the settings and all the data?

  • How do you permanently delete a TVshow from my itunes.

    I downloaded a free preview of a TVShow watched it and then deleted it, now everytime I launch iTunes it starts downloaded that same show.
    I have deleted it from the downloaded list and tried to delete it from the list of TVShow, while it appears to be deleted, everytime I launch iTune or synch my iPhone the show starts downloaded again, and it takes about 20 mins and slows down the synch process.
    How can I permanently delete items from my iTunes and prevent them from continuous downloading?

    I suspect one is the HD version and one is the standard version, both of which are often available to download again as a previous purchase from the iTunes store when you purchase a movie.  They aren't stored in your personal iCloud account and therefore don't use any of your storage.  The cloud symbols are just links to your previous purchases in the iTunes store.  They can't be deleted but if you don't want to see one of them, you can hide it in iTunes on your computer and it shouldn't be visible on your iPad any longer (see iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases).

  • HT5557 How do I permanently delete a book from books purchased

    How do I permanently delete books from the purchased area, I do not want them there permanently

    You can't permanently delete any item from your purchase history, all you can do is hide them so that they don't show in the Purchased links for redownloading : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919 - after hiding them on your computer's iTunes you may then need to log out of your account on your iPad and then log back in for them to be hidden from the Purchased tab (I've been needing to do that with apps on iOS 7)

  • HT1766 how do i permanently delete an app from icloud and phone

    How do I permanently delete a purchased app from icloud, itunes and phone?  I don't want it showing up anywhere.

    There is no way to delete it from your list of purchases.

Maybe you are looking for