

Most online services automatically delete email from trash after some amount of time - usually 30 days. What happens next depends on the program or service. Instead, the message is moved to a special folder, typically called “trash” or “deleted items”. In most email programs and web interfaces, deleting a message doesn’t actually delete it. When deleted emails aren’t really deleted And, of course, the person at the other end of the message - sender or recipient - could also have a copy. Depending on the situation, backups (either your own or those of the service you use) might be a way to recover. In a desktop mail program, there are several ways a permanently deleted email might still be recoverable. With an online service, there’s no way to know what “permanent” means.

Both can use recycle or trash bins, and both permanently delete when the bin is emptied. Deleting email is similar to deleting a file on disk.
