So, I was deleting a bunch of junk emails from my inbox and didn’t realize my son had selected all emails to be deleted. Yes, I emptied the trash before I realized what had happened. I tried installing the most recent iCloud backup to hopefully get them back, and no luck. Just wondering if there is anything else I can try to recover these deleted emails.
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Sorry, they are gone. iCloud email is not part of your backup since it lives in iCloud on Apple’s IMAP email service. Like any IMAP email service, once you empty the trash, the emails are gone and unrecoverable. That is exactly why IMAP services have that two steps for permanent deletion. The trash folder is your safety net, until you empty it too.
Sorry, they are gone. iCloud email is not part of your backup since it lives in iCloud on Apple’s IMAP email service. Like any IMAP email service, once you empty the trash, the emails are gone and unrecoverable. That is exactly why IMAP services have that two steps for permanent deletion. The trash folder is your safety net, until you empty it too.
Ok, thank you for your response. I have an older IPhone that I just powered up. I stopped using it a few months ago when I transferred everything to my new Iphone. I didn’t connect it to the internet (on purpose) and I opened up my iCloud mail and all of the old emails I had accidentally deleted are there. Is there any way to get them off of that device and back onto my iCloud/new iPhone?
The emails are not in the trash on my old phone, but in the inbox. Once I connect that old phone to the internet, I’m guessing I’ll lose all of the old emails since I deleted them from my new phone and you had mentioned them being removed from the server once they were emptied from the trash.
If you move them from trash back into an inbox, and connect to iCloud, they should sync. Or forward them to yourself.
How do I recover permanently deleted emails from my iCloud?
