I’m connecting to my Gmail account via IMAP and in the folder list on the left, I also have a folder called “Important”. In this folder, I receive various emails which are also received in my Inbox folder. It also contains many emails that also exist in my Sent Items folders. How can I prevent my emails from being duplicated in this “Important” folder? The “Important” folder is being added to your folder list as part of a feature of Gmail.
Backspace key in message list should delete selected message, not navigate to random folder. Just like the Delete key does. In Outlook's email list, however, backspace will navigate to an unpredictable folder instead of deleting the currently selected message. Or for users running Windows on Mac laptops where there is no Delete key, only.
This feature is called “Importance markers”. You can’t completely turn off this feature in Gmail but you can unsubscribe from this folder in Outlook and prevent the folder from being added again in the future. Unsubscribe from the Important folder in Outlook As an IMAP account allows you to select which folders you want to sync, a quick way to get rid of the “Important” folder in Outlook is to unsubscribe from this folder. Select a folder in your IMAP mailbox.
Open the IMAP Folders dialog. Outlook 2007 and previous Tools- IMAP Folders. Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 tab Folder- IMAP Folders. Press the Query button. From the folder list that is being retrieved select; Gmail/Important. Press the Unsubscribe button. Select the option: When displaying hierarchy in Outlook, show only subscribed folders.
Press OK to close the IMAP Folders dialog. Unsubscribe from the Gmail Important folder. Note: Selecting the option “When displaying hierarchy in Outlook” is not required when you perform the steps below as well. The folder will then be removed automatically after some time or when your press the Send/Receive button in Outlook. Disable “Important” as IMAP folder in Gmail.
Logon to Gmail. Press the Gear icon in the top right corner (below your picture) and choose Settings. Select the Labels tab.
This should work as well. For the Important label, untick the option: Show in IMAP. Return to your Inbox in Gmail; The setting is saved automatically. Prevent the Important folder from being shown in IMAP accounts. Note: Do not perform this step before unsubscribing from the folder in Outlook or you won’t be able to properly unsubscribe from it. If you did, then you’ll need to enable it again in Gmail first.
Turning off Importance Markers If you don’t want to see the Important folder in Gmail either, you can use the above steps to hide the folder as well. When you are in any folder, you will still see that a message was marked as important because of the Important label in front of this. You can disable this label as well by going to your Gmail settings as indicated above and then select the Inbox tab.
Near the bottom, you’ll find an option for “Important markers”. Set this option from “Show markers” to “No markers”. You can remove the Importance Markers in Gmail as well. Last modified: March 5, 2015.
Office 2016 for Mac Outlook for Mac 2011 When you delete messages in Outlook, the messages are moved to the Trash folder. Items in this folder continue to take up space on your computer's hard disk and — if your account is set up to leave copies of the messages on the mail server — in your account mailbox. To free up some disk and mailbox space, you can empty the Trash folder.
If you have multiple e-mail accounts, you will have a Trash folder for each account. Hold down CONTROL, and then in the folder list, click the Trash folder. Click Empty Folder. Notes:.
Some kinds of e-mail accounts, such as Windows Live Hotmail accounts, automatically empty the Trash folder at predefined times. With some email accounts you can set up a schedule in Outlook to empty your Trash folder regularly. IMAP accounts offer multiple options for how deleted items are stored and displayed. To set your preferences, on the Tools menu, click Accounts, and then select the IMAP account in the account list. Click Advanced, click the Folders tab, and then next to Trash, select the options that you want.