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Old 05-02-2025, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by PoolBrews View Post
To clarify - while the All Mail folder is not hidden in the gmail app, it is hidden in all other front ends. If you use Thunderbird, Outlook, or any other POP or iMap app, the All Mail folder does not appear. Deleting items from the inbox in any of these apps does not remove it from the All Mail folder.

Using anything other than the standard gmail interface (which is terrible for ease of use), you need to take special steps to actually view it. Items placed in your trash remain in the All Mail folder forever, which is why storage used continues to grow even when you clean up your trash. To completely remove items and reduce storage when using any of these apps, you need to unhide the folder, and then you need to delete from both your inbox and the "forever" folder.
I use outlook on my iphone and ipad to access my gmail. The top folder is “All Mail” … which consolidates all my mail accounts in one folder.