How to Find Lost Emails in Gmail

Follow these steps to search all your emails, including those that aren't in your inbox:

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. In the search box, click the Down arrow .
3. Click the All Mail drop down, then select Mail & Spam & Trash.
4. Enter some information that's in the missing email. ...
5. At the bottom of the box, click Search .

1. How do I recover emails from Gmail?
2. How do I retrieve lost emails?
3. Why have my emails disappeared?
4. Why are my emails missing in Gmail?
5. Can I recover emails from years ago?
6. How do I find old emails on Gmail?
7. Why are my emails not showing up in my inbox?
8. How far back does Gmail keep emails?
9. Where are my emails stored?
10. Can emails disappear?

How do I recover emails from Gmail?

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. In the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Trash.
4. Tap the letter or photo next to the messages you want to recover.
5. In the top right, tap More .
6. Tap Move to.
7. Choose where you want to move the message to, like your inbox.

How do I retrieve lost emails?

How to recover deleted emails on Windows:

1. Open Outlook.
2. Select the "Deleted Items" folder.
3. o to "Tools > Recover Deleted Items from server".
4. Select the email(s) that you would like to recover.
5. Click the "Recover Selected Items" button. The email will go back to the "Deleted Items" folder it was in.

Why have my emails disappeared?

Typically, emails go missing when an email is accidentally deleted. It can also happen if the email system incorrectly flags an incoming message as spam, which would mean the message never reached your inbox. Less frequently, an email can go missing if it's archived and you don't realize it.

Why are my emails missing in Gmail?

Emails might skip your inbox if they were accidentally archived, deleted, or marked as spam. Tip: To filter your search results even more, you can also use search operators. You may have created a filter that automatically archives or deletes certain emails.

Can I recover emails from years ago?

If the emails you received ten years ago has been deleted within the last five days, you can recover them. Emails that were lost or deleted more than 5 days ago are already purged from the servers.

How do I find old emails on Gmail?

Find older or newer emails by using the older_than: and newer_than: operators. For example, if you enter "older_than:1y" Gmail will show you all messages older than 1 year (use "m" for months and "d" for days). To find emails received within the last 4 days, use "newer_than:4d".

Why are my emails not showing up in my inbox?

Fortunately, you should be able to find the source of this problem with a little troubleshooting, and the most common causes of missing mail are easily fixed. Your mail can go missing from your inbox because of filters or forwarding, or because of POP and IMAP settings in your other mail systems.

How far back does Gmail keep emails?

Note, though, that even after an email is deleted "forever," either by you or automatically by Gmail from your spam or trash folders, the messages could remain on Google's servers for up to 60 days.

Where are my emails stored?

Your emails and email folders are stored on the IMAP server and are synched with Outlook which stores them in a local cache file on your computer. Your mail cache is stored inside a pst-file. Your mail cache is stored inside an ost-file.

Can emails disappear?

Emails could still go to infinity and beyond. ... Disappearing messages come through the ability to set expiration dates for emails — which means they will "disappear" from inboxes after a specified amount of time.