If this happens to you, the good news is that you can get back your deleted emails. Most email clients have a trash folder that keeps emails you delete for a while. So long as the emails are in the trash, you can restore them within a period. In this guide, I’ll show you the easy ways to bring back the emails you delete from your Gmail and Yahoo mailboxes.

Recover deleted Gmail emails from trash

Although your deleted emails no longer appear in your inbox or other Gmail folders such as Promotions, Updates, Social, etc., they are still saved in your mailbox. Deleted Gmail emails head to the Trash folder. These emails remain in the trash folder for 30 days before Gmail wipes them off for good. This 30-day period is your window of opportunity to recover them. After the grace period, you cannot get back the deleted emails. To recover deleted Gmail emails from Trash, follow the steps below: For the mobile app, tap and hold the deleted message in the Bin folder to select it. Then, tap on the three dots at the top right-hand corner of your screen and select Move to. Finally, select the destination folder for the restored email. Outlook user? Read How to restore deleted mail from Outlook.com Deleted folder and How to recover items deleted from the Deleted Items folder of Outlook app.

Restore deleted Yahoo emails from trash

Restoring deleted Yahoo email messages from trash is similar to doing it in Gmail. While Gmail gives you 30 days, Yahoo Mail keeps deleted emails for only 7 days before deleting them permanently. Here are the steps to recover the Although Google says your email is deleted permanently after 30 days, some users have had luck recovering emails after this period. You have to visit Gmail’s missing emails support page and reach out to Google. This guide shows you how to restore deleted emails in Gmail and Yahoo mailboxes.