Why can't I delete my emails?

Once I delete an email, it automatically reappears. How do I stop this?

I'm having this problem too -- I want to clear out my inbox of more than 20,000 messages but whenever I try to delete a big batch, they reappear.
I'm having this problem with a POP account and I just created an IMAP account to see if this might be the issue.

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Thx. That seems to have solved my problem. I don't know but just all of a sudden when I opened an emal there was no option at the bottom. After doing as you suggested, now all the options are back. Quite confusing to me. I do appreciate your suggestion and fix.

On an iMac why can't you delete an email without opening it?

Why can't I delete an email without opening it first? Is this not a security risk as I have always been advised that, if I don't know who the email is from, I should delete it so as to avoid opening any suspect attachments that open immediately.
This is my first Mac so could it be that I have not realised how to do this?
My wife can do this on her iPad.

A couple of points:
1. Your concern is not really an issue with macs. More of a PC thing. "Suspect attachments" are extremely, extremely rare for a mac. I mean, like one since 1984, when I bought my first mac. The reason is that Apple seems to be on top of things and keeps updating mac software to protect your mac from this sort of thing. Just keep up with the system updates and you won't have a problem. Microsoft, on the other hand, makes tons of security holes in their software because of their mindset, i.e., that the consumer is a moron and the enemy.
2. In my mail.app, there are three columns in the message viewer, the first which lists the mailboxes, the second which lists the emails, and the third which is a preview window. I can select an email in the second column and delete it without opening it, so I don't see what the problem is that you're having.

Why can't I delete my email from my iPad 2

Why can't I delete my email from my iPad 2

Try the suggestions from poster BDAqua.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17443178#17443178
And mende1
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19336056#19336056

Why can't I delete some emails that have no content?

I have some emails that when I try to delete them the email app closes I cannot even select the email without the app closeing

Did you try swiping the emails from the list view? You don't have to open the emails - just swipe on the message in the list from left to right and a red delete button pops up.
Try resetting the iPad. Hold down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 101-5 seconds until the Apple logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. See if that helps.
You can try closing mail as well. Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Quit/close mail by double tapping the home button and the task bar will appear with all of you recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on the mail app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner to close it. Restart the iPad - by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button. See if you can delete the emails now.

Why can't I delete my email messages?

All of a sudden yesterday I could no long make any changes to my emails. I couldn't delete them or forward them, or reply to them. Why??? I use this every day.

Firefox doesn't do email, it's strictly a web browser.
If you are using Firefox to access your mail, you are using "web-mail". You need to seek support from your service provider or a forum for that service.
If your problem is with Mozilla Thunderbird, let us know and we can move this thread to the Thunderbird queue. This question currently is in the Firefox queue for answers.

Why can't I delete my email account from my iPhone, Why can't I delete my email account from my iPhone

I want to delete my company email, but when i got to settings>mail, i do not see a delete email account button. All it says is "These seetings are installed by the profile from your company."

jonathanfromirving wrote:
"These seetings are installed by the profile from your company."
Ah...there's your answer. You're gonna have to delete the profile first before you can delete the account.

Why can't I delete wrong email in iphone 5

I am trying to text someone who I only have a phone # for. In contacts I press 'send message' it opens a new iMessage with an email of somebody totally unrelated and even after deleteing that contact it still returns. There seems to be no way for me to message the correct person.
I have iphone 5, an exchange account, gmail account and icloud account connected.

Go to
https://appleid.apple.com/
Select Manage your Apple ID
Sign in
Under Apple ID and Primary Email address go to edit
Set a new email address or add a secondary one
hope that helped
nchra007 

TS3899 Why can't I reply to emails on my iPhone 5 - this is a recent problem, I have been able to reply and delete email messages previously.

Why can't I reply to emails on my iPhone 5 - this is a recent problem, I have been able to reply and delete email messages previously.

A bit more information would be needed to understand what's going on?
What happens when you try to reply... Do you get an error message, is there no send button, does a symbol appear?

Why can't I delete some of my emails

Why can't I delete some of my emails?

If it only happens with selected emails and not all of them, I don't think this is the problem, but you can check this to be sure.
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Why can't i change my email junk filter from never to delete after 1 week

why can't i change my email junk filter from "never" to "delete after 1 week"?

Error -1
Attempt to restore your iOS device two more times. If the issue is still unresolved, the device may need service.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694

Why can't I delete Mail from my iPhone? it just allows me to Archive, and where do the archives go?

Why can't I delete Mail from my iPhone? it just allows me to Archive, and where do the archives go?

You'll have to go to your Settings -> Mail, Contacts, etc -> Email Account -> Advanced -> Deleted Mailbox
Turn off Archive mode, Turn on Trash
You can also put the phone in airplane mode to delete them real quick, but that's only a temporary fix.

Why can't I get my email on my ipod?

Why can't I get my email on my ipod?

Try deleting the account on the iPod and recreating the account. Sometimes it is easier to renter everything rather than trying to find the error.
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Why can't I delete uploaded photos on iPad 2

Why can't I delete uploaded photos on iPad 2. I can select and share but the delete icon is "grayed" out

You can only photos taken with the iPad, copied onto it via the camera connection kit, or saved from emails/websites etc directly in the iPad's Photos app.
For photos that were synced from your computer you will need to move/remove/de-select them from where they were synced from on your computer and re-sync - or if you want to delete all synced photos then you might be able to do so by swiping across the 'Photo Library' line in Settings > General > Usage > Photos & Camera (that should give a 'Delete' button, but I haven't tried tapping it to see if it works).

Why can't I send group emails from iPad

Why can't I send group emails from iPad and iPhone?

There's a functional workaround to send Group emails that takes some setup, and a copy-paste. But it's easier than any one-by-one solution cooked up without a 3rd-party app. Here's the way:
STEP ONE:
Go to Settings>General>Keyboard-->Shortcuts
Add a new Shortcut by typing in the full email addresses in the "Phrase" field, separated by comma and space; type in the few letters representing this "Phrase" in the "Shortcut" field.
STEP TWO:
In the email app, IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL, type in the letter for the Shortcut and space. Then Highlight-->Copy this text and paste it into the To: Field. (Obviously: Delete this text in email body; and use CC: or BCC: fields as desired.)
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