How to find a lost message in Gmail

August 22, 2013

Vicki Pen lost three important messages from her Gmail inbox. I help her find them. I know of only three ways to completely and permanently destroy a message in Gmail: Mark the message as spam, then empty the Spam folder. Delete the message, then go to Trash and delete it again. Delete the message, then wait 30 days, after which Gmail will automatically erase it. [Email your tech questions to answer@pcworld.com.] In other words, chances are that you simply misplaced the messages, moving them to another label by mistake. If that's the case, finding them shouldn't be too difficult. (Remember that in Gmail, a label acts much like a folder in other programs, except that you can assign multiple labels to any message or conversation. See How to manage Gmail labels for details.) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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