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Help with permanent delete of emails in GMail All Mail folder

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James McCoy
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Question about Thunderbird 115.4.1 and Gmail. In the "All Mail" folder... I delete messages - but only to see them still there the next day. I tried empty trash as well as compact folder and expunge - but I clearly am doing something wrong. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and help me?! I also tried both moving to trash folder in different directory as well as "delete immediately" in Account settings.

Question about Thunderbird 115.4.1 and Gmail. In the "All Mail" folder... I delete messages - but only to see them still there the next day. I tried empty trash as well as compact folder and expunge - but I clearly am doing something wrong. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and help me?! I also tried both moving to trash folder in different directory as well as "delete immediately" in Account settings.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Most users unsubscribe All Mail and delete it from the profile. Gmail's recommendation is to 'just mark as deleted' when deleting messages. See the All Mail section here:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Gmail