Why does my iPhone Gmail say archive instead of delete?

Why does my iPhone Gmail say archive instead of delete?

Apple has added support for Gmail's archive feature with iOS 4. When swiping across a message you wish to delete, the red button that appears says archive instead of delete.

To disable Gmail archiving for an account, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars
2. Select the Gmail account you want to change from archive to delete
3. Touch Archive Messages -> OFF

Now the delete behavior you were used to with iPhone OS 3.x is restored. For those that want to archive their Gmail, the archived messages are hidden from your Inbox. Archived messages can be found in the All Mail folder of your Gmail account.

tags: 

Comments

there is no "archive" button in my settings on my iphone 5

Mine neither

My phone also doesn't have the archive off button in settings. There is nothing that mentions archive at all, across all my settings. I have the latest iPhone and iOS.

You need to go into advanced dude.

Steps:

You can change this settings in the Settings app for Gmail if you want to move discarded messages to the deleted mailbox (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > [Account name] > Account > Advanced – Deleted Mailbox/Archived Mailbox under Move Discarded Messages Into: section).

I used this to help a family member in setting up iphone. Thanks.

I used this to help a family member in setting up iphone. Thanks.

I cannot find 'Turn Archive messages off'

Thanks so much for this info.

Can you tell me whether the old "archived" messages will disappear from my phone or whether I need to delete them. If I need to delete, how do I do this? I want to free up space on my phone.

Thanks so much for this info.

Can you tell me whether the old "archived" messages will disappear from my phone or whether I need to delete them. If I need to delete, how do I do this? I want to free up space on my phone.

Thanks so much for this info.

Can you tell me whether the old "archived" messages will disappear from my phone or whether I need to delete them. If I need to delete, how do I do this? I want to free up space on my phone.

Thank you SO much for this artical!!! This has been plaguing me for months but I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Thanks again :)

Pages