How to Retrieve Deleted Emails from Gmail

Have you ever deleted some of your Gmail emails accidentally? And what if you don’t know how to bring them back. In that case, what will you do? Actually, there is a good news for you that Gmail doesn’t immediately delete your emails. Gmail delete an email after 30 days of the deletion which means your email will still be in Gmail even after you have deleted it from the inbox. So that’s why I will tell you how to retrieve deleted emails from Gmail. When you delete an email from Gmail then it does not get deleted permanently but Gmail moves it to a special folder in your Gmail account. And you can easily bring it back if the email you delete is no older than 30 days.

There is a special trash folder in Gmail where it stores the emails that you have deleted from the inbox. And you can see find all your deleted emails there also you can bring them back again to the inbox. So many people don’t know about this but this is a very good feature of Gmail which is a lifesaver for most of us. However, it should be kept in mind that the emails you want to retrieve should not be older than 30 days. After 30 days Gmail deletes emails from the trash folder too (permanently).

How to retrieve deleted emails from Gmail?

Retrieve deleted emails from Gmail there is a very handy process. There’s nothing special you need to do or have to use an external tool. Just have to open the trash folder find the email you want to retrieve and that’s it. The deleted email will be visible back in the inbox.

Now, open Gmail and then expand the email folders by clicking on More. You will see some Gmail folders that you may not be aware of as they were actually there. Find the Trash folder and click on it, you will see all the emails you have deleted so far in it.

Gmail trash folder

Now find the email that you want to restore to the inbox. If you want to retrieve more than one email then you can simply check them all. And finally, right click and you’ll see an option “Move to inbox”. When you click on this action on the selected email will be available in inbox folder of a Gmail.

Gmail retrieve deleted email from Gmail

That’s it you can now easily retrieve deleted emails from Gmail. The process women take so much time as it is very simple to carry out. So, if you are about to riot about the deleted emails then calm down and use this guide.

Bottom Line:

Many people who accidentally delete emails from Gmail don’t know that they can bring those email within 30 days. And if you are one of those who doesn’t know how to retrieve deleted emails from Gmail then the above guide will be very helpful to you. Now you can help yourself and others by spreading the knowledge. And if you are an expected Gmail user then you can also try some security methods in Gmail like end to end encryption. You can also try some Gmail clients for Windows to browse and manage your home and office emails.

Shane Watson

Shane Watson

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