getting gmail to delete emails across all my devices.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 20 Jan 2013 at 14:36

I currenty have,

Galaxy s3 gmail app,
Asus transformer gmail app,
Pc

Now for some reason if i delete a email on one it wont delete on the others. How do i fix this so they stay synced properly.

PhillyDee · 20 Jan 2013 at 14:57

You need to use IMAP

.:SAmSuNG:. · 20 Jan 2013 at 15:46

Is that possible with the gmail app?

Paul11 · 20 Jan 2013 at 15:47

as above

you need to redo your email accounts on your devices, and use IMAP instead of POP

Rusty! · 20 Jan 2013 at 15:48

You don't want to use IMAP on the Android devices, the Gmail app will handle everything, and if you delete in one it should be gone on the other and the Gmail web interface.

Paul11 · 20 Jan 2013 at 15:54

Rusty! said:
You don't want to use IMAP on the Android devices, the Gmail app will handle everything, and if you delete in one it should be gone on the other and the Gmail web interface.

that's because its using IMAP

bertles86 · 20 Jan 2013 at 17:17

Enabling IMAP in Gmail

smokedog · 20 Jan 2013 at 17:19

I use exchange settings for my gmail

http://email.about.com/od/accessinggmail/f/Gmail_Exchange_ActiveSync_Settings.htm

TheVoice · 20 Jan 2013 at 17:43

Are people missing the fact that he's using the Gmail app?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 20 Jan 2013 at 19:35

Ive used it before with K9 app but just wanted to get gmail app to do it.

Bloomfield · 20 Jan 2013 at 19:38

If you're using the app called GMail (ie not "Email") then it should do it by default, there's no way to set up what you want to use (IMAP, POP3).

Do you have the Gmail accounts set to auto sync? It might not tell the server you've deleted/moved stuff if you haven't got auto sync on or haven't manually synced after moving/deleting.

Edit: Tested it and without autosync on it will only update the server of moving/deleting after you've manually synced the account on the app.

loltim · 20 Jan 2013 at 21:04

TheVoice said:
Are people missing the fact that he's using the Gmail app?

No. You still need to set it as IMAP in your google control panel.

Bloomfield · 20 Jan 2013 at 21:15

I've never done that on any of my (3) GMail accounts :confused:

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Edit: IMAP is disabled for my GMail accounts, they all work fine. The GMail app doesn't care about that stuff, only apps like "Email" or random ones from the store like k9

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TheVoice · 20 Jan 2013 at 22:58

loltim said:
No. You still need to set it as IMAP in your google control panel.

No you don't. The whole point of the Gmail app is that you just sign in and...that's it.

Paul11 · 21 Jan 2013 at 11:36

but not on a PC

OP is also trying to sync to his PC so does need to enable IMAP

dasyad · 21 Jan 2013 at 11:38

But surely on his PC he is just using the website and thus doesn't need IMAP?

Locke · 21 Jan 2013 at 12:02

Make sure you have Sync enabled on both of your devices, you don't need to do anything else.

Paul11 · 21 Jan 2013 at 12:39

i for some reason thought he would be using something like outlook

if its via the web, then you dont need to set anything up (not sure if you have to swtich on imap on the settings though)

dasyad · 21 Jan 2013 at 13:42

Paul11 said:
i for some reason thought he would be using something like outlook

if its via the web, then you dont need to set anything up (not sure if you have to swtich on imap on the settings though)

Ahh that's a fair point, if he is using Outlook or Thunderbird etc. he'll need IMAP switched on. Anything running Android should just "work" through the gmail app.

bertles86 · 21 Jan 2013 at 19:45

Just switch IMAP on it won't affect anything for the worse and might improve it.