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Asked: 2026-05-26T11:21:07+00:00

I have been using java mail to automate Gmail operations. One of the operation

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I have been using java mail to automate Gmail operations.
One of the operation is to delete mail and I use following for it –

message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED, true);

but doing so only pushes my mails to spam folder.

I am wondering if there is a straight way to delete mail permanently instead of deleting mail from “inbox” first and then searching mails in “spam ” folder and deleting them.

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  1. Editorial Team

    According to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78755:

    If you want to delete a message from all folders, move it to the [Gmail]/Trash folder.

    If you delete a message from [Gmail]/Spam or [Gmail]/Trash, it will be deleted permanently.

    However, that page doesn’t give any indication that your approach would move mail to the spam folder; and it implies that you should see a folder named [Gmail]/Spam; so maybe it doesn’t apply to your situation, somehow? I think you’ll just have to try its approach, and see whether it works for you!

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