OS X Mail - Backspace key behaviour [Gmail]

Hello everyone!
I hust updated to OSX Mavericks and I noticed that the backspace key behaviour is changed in Mail.app using a GMail account (IMAP).
With Mountain Lion, when I highlighted a message and tapped backspace the software use to move that message in the GMail archive.
Now, tapping backspace is causing to move my messages into the "GMail trash".
I would like to set it the way it was on Mountain Lion since it was a great way to sort and archive my mail messages.
Thank you in advance for your support!

Just had this exact problem, hope I haven't been deleting for months. Couldn't find much help on Google so thought I'd post in the most relevant thread how I ended up getting it working:
1. Verify your Gmail settings: Go to Settings, then the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab. Make sure "When a message is marked as deleted and expunged from the last visible IMAP folder:" is set to "Archive the message (default)."
2. In Apple Mail, go to Preferences, then the Accounts tab. Select the Gmail account and go to the Mailbox Behaviours tab. Uncheck both options under trash. Close the preferences window to make the setting take effect and click the Save button in the "Save Changes..." prompt. The trash bin should disappear from Apple Mail for that account.
Now when you delete a message it will still be under the Archive in Apple Mail, and in All Mail in Gmail, without going to the Trash on Gmail.

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