Previously, if a specific setting was enabled, Gmail-sent messages would appear in the Inbox of the iPhone Mail app, but this has been changed. This feature is no longer accessible in recent versions of Mail, and Gmail offers a much more efficient way of handling email messages. It is possible to prevent Gmail from sending emails if your sent emails display in your Inbox and you do not intend to use another mobile device or email application to access your Gmail account. This is accomplished by switching from POP to IMAP.

• The Best Way to Prevent Sent Gmail Messages from Appearing in Your Inbox
• The Cost of Not Receiving a Letter That Has Been Sent

The Best Way to Prevent Sent Gmail Messages from Appearing in Your Inbox

The following methods should be followed if your iPhone has not been upgraded to the most recent iOS version. It’s possible that you’re using an older version of Mail that has this problem.

1. The Settings application can be accessed from the iPhone’s home screen.
2. In the menu bar, choose Mail > Accounts from the drop-down list.
3. Sign in to your Gmail account using your username and password.
4. In the Incoming Mail Server section, select Username from the drop-down menu.
5. Remove the phrase “recent” from the user’s name and save. Example: If the username is recent:[email protected], replace recent:[email protected] with the equivalent of the word [email protected].
6. Click on the Save button.

If none of these approaches are successful in resolving the issue of sent emails showing in your Inbox, it is possible that something else is going on, which is possible even with current versions of Gmail and Mail.

If you’ve set up a Gmail filter to send all emails from yourself to your Inbox folder, any emails that are sent to you will appear in your Inbox folder. Alternatively, it is possible that you have set up all emails from yourself to be starred, but that all starred messages are being included in your Primary folder.

It is vital to check your Gmail filters and other settings in these situations and make any necessary adjustments. These options are accessible through the Inbox settings in a web browser, while the Filters and Blocked Addresses options allow for further filtering options.

The Cost of Not Receiving a Letter That Has Been Sent

When you send messages using Mail, a copy of the message shows in your Inbox as a convenient side effect of the recent mode. This feature of Gmail transfers the last 30 days’ worth of Gmail communications to all other email applications and mobile devices that are linked to the Gmail server. This mode allows you to access your email from any program or device as long as you check your inbox at least once every four weeks while the mode is enabled.

If you use another email client to connect to the same Gmail account while recent mode is disabled, you may be unable to retrieve messages that have been downloaded to your iPhone Mail.