I have accidentally deleted all my email inbox! Can it be retrieved?

Unless you stop using your computer immediately and purchase file recovery software, the answer is 'No'. It's a deliberate process to delete all your email, so that makes me wonder why you were messing around with it, or not paying attention to what you were doing.
This is exactly type of situation where you need to have a bootable backup of your entire hard drive.

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HT201250 I accidentally deleted all my emails. Can Time Machine restore them?

I lost all my emails. I was deleting specific ones on my Mac mail and accidentally deletaed all. I wonder if Time Machine can restore them and how to do it if so. I have OS X 10.6.8. Thank you for any help.

Yes it can; it restored mine from time to time.
Go to your email pages, then open Time machine.   It should open with a rather narrowed version of the page but decipherable all the same.
Once the grey time scale appears, scroll up until you reach the approximate date or the date of the missing mail.   Highlight the mail then click restore.
Clearly it could be a long job to do all of them and I don't think there is a form of consolidated restoration.
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Accidentally deleting all my emails

I was deleting emails on my iPhone, I don't know what happened, it seems that I accidentally deleted every emails on my inbox. All my emails in the past couple of years are gone.
Even when I come home to my Mac, they are also deleted from the inbox on my Mac.
What can I do to recover them? I have set up Mail on both my iPhone and Mac to only delete deleted emails after 1 month, is there a way to recover them?

Have you checked, on your Mac. the trash folders (email program first, the mac one then) ?
If mail deletes on iPhone are synced with your home mac, without the need of any sync on your side, it means your email account is most likely IMAP. To recover them, ask your email provider helpdesk, it may happen they keep a daily backup and can restore your mailbox status.

TS3899 Why cant i delete all my email inbox messages together?

Why cant i delete all my inbox email messages together?, I'm using my iPhone 5s, i can delete all my junk email messages together but not my inbox email messages, i have to individually tick each inbox message one at a time tick/delete, its extremely annoying, it doesn't make any sense, can anyone please explain why such an obviously much needed function has been left out for email inbox messages but included only for junk email messages?

There's no one from Apple here, thus no one here can answer your question. You can make suggestions to Apple using this:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Accidentally deleted all mail from one account - how to retrieve?

I apparently deleted all of the mail from one of my email accounts on the iPhone. They are not showing up in the Trash folder.
The emails are still present in Entourage and have not been deleted from the server.
Is there any way to bring them back into the iPhone? I really need them for my on-the-go responses since I spend half my life waiting in offices!
Thanks,
roxpat

OK - another update.
If the message is downloaded into Entourage first then it won't downloaded onto my iPhone at all. I haven't made any changes to my account.
ideas?

I tried to make a new album in Gallery, but I seemed to have accidentally deleted the photos, is there a way to retrieve the lost photos?

I went on a vacation and took many photos with my iPad. On my flight back to the states, I tried making an album for my photos. It seemed like I accidentally deleted my photos. Is there a way to retrieve the deleted photos on the iPad?
It is an iPad 2 w/ Wifi.
I would appreciate any help.
Thank You.

Not sure you can create a smart playlist from your iPhone. I think you need to create it on your computer...

HT4859 Does anyone know how to get my Mailbox details from iCloud Back-up? I have accidentally deleted lots of emails I needed to keep. Thanks

Does anyone know how to get my Mailbox details from ICloud Back-up?
I deleted some emails in error and need them back.Thanks

The iCloud backup doesn't contain email. If you deleted the email and it isn't in your trash folder, there is no way to recover it.

Anti-virus program wants to delete all of compressed inbox, can't find offending file.

Here's the message I get. Norton wants to delete entire compressed inbox and sent folders. Don't want to lose my entire inbox.
Unresolved Threats:
Risks in compressed file "Inbox"
Type: Compressed
Risk: High (High Stealth, High Removal, High Performance, High Privacy)
Categories: Virus
Status: Not Attempted
1 File
[documentattached.exe] inside of [documentattached.7z] inside of [unknown1d06fe7e.data] inside of [c:\users\...- Not Attempted
Risks in compressed file "Sent"
Type: Compressed
Risk: High (High Stealth, High Removal, High Performance, High Privacy)
Categories: Virus
Status: Not Attempted
1 File
[documentattached.exe] inside of [documentattached.7z] inside of [unknown033a93b2.data] inside of [c:\users\paul\... - Not Attempted

Do not let your anti-virus s/w scan your Thunderbird profile folder. This would be asking for trouble, as you're finding out the hard way.
To locate your profile folder:<br>
AppMenu button - Help - Troubleshooting Information - Profile Directory - Open Directory
If your anti-virus s/w did already make changes to your mail file(s), it's very likely something gets corrupted resulting in lost messages. So make sure you do have a backup of your profile.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Backing_Up_and_Restoring

I put an album onto my iTunes via a cd and have accidentally deleted one of the songs can i put the song back on without the cd as i do not have it anymore?

i do not have the CD anymore to burn the disc onto my itunes again so is there any way i can put it back on without having to buy the CD again or buying the song from itunes?

Where would you put it back from?
It has to be somewhere in order to put it on the computer.

I have accidentally deleted my inbox and now can only see unread mail on my iPhone. How can I restore this?

I have accidentally deleted (or hidden) my inbox. Now I can only see unread mail on my iphone. I have switched it off and on again but this has not fixed the problem. All help appreciated. Thank you.

Hi ElizabethAnnT,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
With the Mail app open on your iPhone, notice which email account is showing in the top left corner of your screen. Tap on that mailbox and you should be taken back to the main MAILBOXES window. See the picture below:
If you tap the Edit button in the top right corner of your screen you will see a list including "All Inboxes" and "Unread." Make sure there is a blue circle with a checkmark to the left of all of these.
For more information on using Mail, click on the link below:
See important messages - iPhone
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph3caefa61
...tap Edit while viewing the Mailboxes list.
Cheers,
- Judy

Have accidentally deleted draft email and it's not in the trash folder in email or my trash bin. Anything else I can do?

I have accidentally deleted a draft email. It's not in my trash folder in mail, or the trash bin. Anything elese I can do?

Mail application?
Some ideas.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12137848#12137848
If it was on your computer long enough it may be in your backup if you have one.

I have accidentally deleted the trash bin in my mailbox and can no longer move any deleted mail into the trash. I thought I was removing all the emails from the trash but somehow managed to delete the bin instead. Does anyone know who to reinstate it?

I have accidentally deleted the trash bin in my mailbox and can no longer move any deleted mail into the trash. I thought I was removing all the emails from the trash bin but somehow managed to delete the bin instead. Does anyone know who to reinstate the bin?

You are running 10.6.8? If yes, I assume you have your install disks? As the trash bin is part of Mail app and that is an integral part of the OS, the only way I know to get it back is to reinstall the OS. You won't lose any files, just reinstall the OS over the top of the current system.

HT4847 In preparing for iCloud storage to be reduced to 5GB, I have deleted all my emails (via internet to iCloud) including all inboxes, sent mail, archived etc. HOWEVER my iPhone (under Settings iCloud Storage and Backup Manage Storage says I have 8.5 G

In preparing for iCloud storage to be reduced to 5GB, I have deleted all my emails (via internet to iCloud) including all inboxes, sent mail, archived etc. HOWEVER my iPhone (under Settings>iCloud>Storage and Backup>Manage Storage says I have 8.5 GB. Please help!

The only thing I can think of that may cause this would be storage buffering. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4873.

Is there a way to delete all my email messages in my inbox at once?

Is there a way to delete all my email messages in my inbox in one move, rather than selecting one at a time, then deleting?

You CAN delete all your email. Here's how: >> Open Inbox >> Edit >> Check/select the top message; it will highlight the move button. >> Press and hold the move button and uncheck the message that you had checked earlier. >> Lift all your fingers off from the ipad screen and leave it alone. Wait until all your messages pile up on the right hand portion of the screen (in ipad); iphone will give you the actual number of emails it has selected for the action. Now they are just waiting for your command to be moved ALL at once. >> Choose trash to delete all of them or any other folder where u want to move them, like one piece. Remember this will replicate your action on the server so you will ACTUALLY move them or delete them on the server and not just the ipad. Once you have moved all messages to the trash you can either leave them there for the scheduled cleaning or empty it right away by doing this: go to trash folder and touch Edit. The Delete All button shows up at the bottom of the screen. Hit it! You’re done! If you do not see the effects of your actions on the server make sure you have enabled your email accounts for such actions.

I deleted all my emails from inbox and trash, but the mail "file" has 2GB. How can I permantely delete this information from my iphone4?

How can I permantely delete email information from my iphone4?
I deleted all my emails from inbox and trash, but the Mail "file" still has 2GB...

Does anyone have an answer to this problem? It's been 4 or 5 days now and iCloud still says I have 0kb of 5GB available, and 6.1GB of mail on iCloud. I guess that's better than yesterday when it said I had 8.3GB of mail. Does anyone know if it simply takes Apple a week to actually empty a mailbox?
thanks in advance, hopefully tomorrow it says I have only 4GB of non-existent mail and I can start using it again...

I have accidentally deleted all my email inbox! Can it be retrieved?

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