Missing Your Gmail Emails? Here's How to Get Them Back

Whether you accidentally deleted the emails or if they disappeared for some unknown reason, follow these instructions to lớn retrieve your missing Google emails.

Why Are My Gmail Messages Missing?

There are a few reasons why Gmail messages may be lost. The most common reason is that you accidentally moved or deleted them, but forwards and filters can also cause emails to lớn disappear.

How to lớn Recover Missing Emails in Gmail

There are a few ways to lớn find missing emails. They might have gone to lớn spam, been archived or deleted, or something else.

1. Check your spam. It's possible the missing gmail was caught by Gmail's spam filter. Select Spam from the left thực đơn pane. (You may have to lớn scroll down and select More to lớn see it.) If the missing gmail is in the Spam thư mục, select the checkbox next to lớn it, then select Not spam.

   Emails marked as Spam stay in the Spam thư mục for 30 days and then are permanently deleted. Once deleted, you will not be able to lớn access the missing gmail.

2. Review deleted emails. It's possible your missing gmail was accidentally sent to lớn the trash. From the left thực đơn pane, select Trash or More > Trash. If you find the gmail, right-click it (or select multiple messages if necessary) and choose Move to lớn inbox.

   Emails sent to lớn the Trash thư mục are permanently deleted after 30 days. If you deleted an gmail more kêu ca 30 days ago, it is gone forever.

3. Check the All Mail thư mục. This thư mục shows everything in your gmail tài khoản, including archived mail and the contents of the Social, Updates, Forums, and Promotions tabs (but excluding emails in Spam and Trash). Click and drag an gmail to lớn move it to lớn the Inbox thư mục.

4. Search for the gmail. The missing Gmail message might be buried beneath other emails. You can tìm kiếm for anything that might help: the subject, recipient, original sender, date, or body toàn thân text.

   Open a specific thư mục first and then trigger the tìm kiếm if you think you know where the missing gmail is located.

5. Review your filters if Gmail is mix up to lớn automatically filter incoming messages. A filter could block emails, send them to lớn the trash, or move them into folders. This can give the illusion that the emails are missing or deleted when, really, they're just tucked away out of view.

   It's easy to lớn forget about filters. To see your filters, open Gmail's settings to lớn the Filters and Blocked Addresses tab.

6. Check the forwarding tài khoản if you're forwarding emails. This feature lets you automatically send emails to lớn another gmail tài khoản. This means it's possible the other tài khoản still has your missing emails.
   

   If you're not sure if this is mix up for your tài khoản, head over to lớn Gmail's settings and select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. Any forwarding addresses will appear at the top of the screen. Delete those you vì thế not wish to lớn forward to lớn.

7. Use the Gmail Message Recovery Tool. If none of the above tips have worked to lớn find the gmail, Google's recovery tool could be helpful. Although the service is typically reserved for hacked accounts or when an gmail has been maliciously deleted, it can sometimes dig up lost emails.

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