[3 Ways] How to Recover Deleted Emails in Gmail

If you have encountered the issue of accidentally deleting emails or messages from their Gmail account in order to free up space or clean the account. Then you're stuck not knowing how to retrieve deleted emails from your Gmail account.

Don't be worried. In this guide, we will go over how to recover deleted emails in Gmail in detail, including how to recover permanently deleted emails.

How to recover deleted emails from trash in Gmail

When you delete an email from your Gmail account, it will be archived to the trash folder for 30 days. Then, it will be permanently deleted from your account.

Therefore, this method can only be available if you deleted emails in Gmail in last 30 days. Follow the steps below to know how to recover deleted emails from trash in Gmail on computer or mobile phone.

How to retrieve deleted emails from Gmail on computer
Step 1. On your computer, go to Gmail and sign in with your ID and password.

Step 2. On the left side of the page, scroll down to locate and click More > Click Trash.

Step 3. Check the box next to the messages you want to move > Check Move to icon > Choose where you want to move the message.

How to retrieve deleted emails from Gmail on Android phone/iPhone
Step 1. Open the Gmail app on your Android phone or iPhone.

Step 2. Tap the Menu button > Choose Trash to recover emails from the Trash.

Step 3. Tap the letter or photo next to the email you want to retrieve > Tap the three dots More button at the top right button.

Step 4. Tap Move to > Select a new folder, like Inbox, to move the email to.

How to recover permanently deleted emails in Gmail after 30 days

If you haven’t recovered deleted emails from the trash folder within 30 days of validity, the email may be permanently deleted from your account. How can you get them back after 30 days? The following methods may be nice tries for you.

Recover permanently deleted Gmail emails within Google Workspace Admin Console

If you use Google Workspace, you have more options and flexibility for restoring Gmail emails that your users have permanently deleted.

Within 25 days of your permanent deletion, you can restore permanently deleted Gmail emails to them directly from the Google Workspace Admin Console. Follow the steps below to know how to recover deleted emails in Gmail within Google Workspace Admin Console.

Step 1. Login to your Google Workspace Admin Console and search for the concerned user.

Step 2. Go to the user’s details page > Click MORE > From the drop-down window, choose RESTORE DATA.

Step 3. Enter the date range for which you want to restore deleted Gmail emails (within 25 days range).

Step 4. Select Gmail from the Application dropdown > Click Restore to start.

Recover permanently deleted emails in Gmail with Gmail support team

Another way to recover permanently deleted emails in Gmail is to contact the Gmail Support Team and request that they recover your deleted emails. This method is not completely effective. It usually works for hacked Gmail accounts.

Step 1. Open Gmail Help Center and sign in to your Gmail account 

Step 2. Fill in the form with all the necessary details. Make sure to describe your problem well.

Step 3. Click "Submit" after all the information is filled in.

Bonus: Best data recovery software for Windows PC

The emails in Gmail are not files, they are stored in the email database file, and no data recovery software can retrieve deleted emails from the database file.

While if you have Emails saved on your PC, you can think about using the most recommended Email recovery software - MyRecover.

Step 1. Run MyRecover on your computer > hover the mouse over the drive, and click Scan to let the tool scan your disk.

Step 2. The deleted/lost files will be scanned and listed in the Scanned files list. You can click each folder to browse them here.

You can also search the name of the files or folder in the search bar to find them.

Step 3. Locate and choose the lost files from the list > Click Recover x files > Choose a destination to save the files.

Conclusion

Hope you have a clear idea about how to recover deleted emails in Gmail after reading this guide. The difficulty of recovering emails depends entirely on whether the emails have been deleted for more than 30 days. If this guide is helpful, please share it with others.