Comments on: How to delete emails from your iPhone but not the server or your computer https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/ Tools and Fixes for Mac, iPad, iPhone & iWatch Sun, 27 Mar 2022 02:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: doswald https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1591341 Sun, 27 Mar 2022 02:25:28 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1591341 My phone does not have a “Settings > Passwords & Accounts” path. Why does this nonsense happen, almost every time I look something up with Google? Is Apple changing workflows so fast that you can’t keep up with it? Whatever the reason, it’s really frustrating.

]]> By: steven zimmerman https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1589837 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 21:44:15 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1589837 Dan, Good day sir. While I found your article most informative, however recently switching from my (loved) Blackberry Key2 to an Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max neither the nice/ well knowledgeable gal at Best Buy or the over knowledgeable folks at the Apple’s Genius Bar were able (even after my showing them a hard copy of your article) able to turn my new iphone into the beloved proxy devise my blackberry was.

Any assistance would be well received.

Thank you in advance,

Steven

]]> By: Brenda https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1588765 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:55:15 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1588765 Lost all emails, can they be retrieved?

Tks

]]> By: Ethna Brown https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1542425 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:43:45 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1542425 When I change the setting from Never (delete from server) to When I delete from Inbox it doesn’t save. How do I make this change permanent?

]]> By: Rebecca https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1536909 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:13:48 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1536909 If you put the wrong email in, the pop option comes up. Then you can choose it and put correct email in.

]]> By: Steven forman https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1528826 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 21:35:59 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1528826 The incoming settings line on my wife’s iPhone se does not include the line “delete from server” It’s been replaced by imap path prefix /. As a result her iPhone erases my iMac computer inbox mail after 7 days

]]> By: Joe Russo https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1525953 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 15:40:13 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1525953 Dan,
This was so easy to follow and worked like a charm. I can’t thank you enough for posting this. After trying to fix this on and off for almost a week, this was the true answer and my wife is back in business again. I looked at many posts but this is the one that had the true answer.
Thanks

]]> By: Dave Brail https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1492788 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:37:09 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1492788 Dan, I recall trying to move to a new i-phone a number of years back and when I got home and downloaded my emails to outlook on my windows computer, it wiped them all off my phone?

]]> By: Rhonnie H Prater https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1482402 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:10:59 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1482402 This was extremely helpful and easy to follow. Thank you for taking the time to post this information.

]]> By: mike https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1480675 Fri, 29 May 2020 15:10:50 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1480675 Many thanks Dan this has been very helpful

]]> By: Elizabeth Jones https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1468263 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:34:31 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1468263 In reply to Sue House.

Hi Sue,

You can delete the account on your iPad and it will not impact that account on any other device signed in with that same account.

As far as the unwanted ads, when they come in add them to your spam list:

    Open your Mail app
    Tap the Edit button
    Select the emails that are ads that you don’t want
    Choose Mark
    Tap Move to Junk

For certain emails, you can also unsubscribe from them

    Open an email from a sender you don’t want
    Look for the unsubscribe button at the top of the email
    Tap Unsubscribe
    Confirm that you want to Unsubscribe

There are additional options in iOS 13 and iPadOS, learn more in this article How to block unwanted emails and messages on your iPhone or iPad

]]> By: Sue House https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1468205 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:33:52 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1468205 Suddenly my yahoo email on my iPad says that it is not connected to the server and yet they are ok on my iPhone and Apple Mac.

If I delete the yahoo mail account on my iPad and then set it up again will it delete the accounts on my other devices?

I am also getting unwanted ads coming into my emails probably because I have been messing around with the yahoo app.

Please can you advise?

Thanks

]]> By: Pam https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1466778 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 02:30:06 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1466778 I have followed all of the instructions multiple times. I keep getting the error “Cannot get mail. The mail server “pop.gmail.com” is not responding.” Any suggestions? I am trying this on an iPhone 11.
Thanks!

]]> By: Elizabeth Jones https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1450025 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 20:25:39 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1450025 In reply to Ian.

Hi Ian,

Are you choosing Other when adding the account from the Add Account page in Mail settings?

After you add in your account details with name, email addy, password, and description, you should see the tabs for either IMAP (that’s the default) or POP.

]]> By: Ian https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-delete-emails-from-your-iphone-but-not-the-server-or-your-computer/#comment-1449962 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:57:51 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=80523#comment-1449962 I have an iPhone 6s and IOS 13.1.3. When I try to add a new email account (virginmedia.com) I do not get the IMAP/POP option screen that you show above. I add the email account and password etc but “next” then just sets up an IMAP account. Am I doing something wrong and/or how can I get around this. Thanks.

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