Ah, fortunately the archive folder does not come to your Mac; it stays on Google's servers. I don't know if you can delete the messages in it, but that folder will not consume your personal disk space.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 11:16:03AM +0000, 'Emma May' via MacVisionaries wrote: So how can you access these archives and delete them? I get over 200 mail a day so you can see how much space this is taking up on my Mac. Thanks emma On 24 Nov 2025, at 03:45, Dave Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: As far as I know, this is normal behavior for Google mail. The archives just keep building up forever. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer On Nov 23, 2025, at 12:43 PM, Estelita Clayton <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, using gmail on mac, just lately, after reading my email message and got out, my message is automatically saved to archive folder, any idea how it happened, and how can I stop it please? Thank you in advance to your help, is very much appreciated. Nene -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org "Even Capitalism sucks without morality." --James Bentley -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/x635uwahelxueunqenr3hbe7ei5gnk5qbbzqpa3fu6ag5pglfd%405r4vc4oad5ej.
