Last, but not least, you can click on an email and select Edit > Delete from the menu bar. You can also right-click a message and select Delete from the pop-up menu, or highlight a message by clicking on it, then press the Delete key on the Mac keyboard. (Deleting a highlighted email in Apple Mail on the Mac.) You can either click that button or swipe it even further to the left and it’s deleted automatically (see screenshot below). You delete it, and it’s gone… or is it? In this Tech Tip, we’ll discuss what Apple Mail does with those trashed emails, whether or not you can get them back, and more.ĭeleting emails in Apple Mail is easy to do: just swipe (on a Magic Mouse or Trackpad) a mail message to the left and a bright red Delete button appears.
Many Mac users never give deleted emails a second thought.
