How to Delete Emails on Gmail Server After Receiving Them Using Mail Client

If you are using mail client in order to receive Gmail emails, usually, you want to delete all those emails on mail server since they have been received by your mail client, right? Unfortunately, this condition did not happen as I encountered it after using Gmail for several months using mail client: Mozilla Thunderbird. Those my downloaded email are still on Gmail server! I can prove it by logging on to my Gmail account via browser and checking them in my Inbox. The question is, How can I change this condition so that each time after I check and receive my Gmail emails using my mail client, then all those downloaded emails will be deleted from Gmail server? For those of you who are encountering the same problem, here is the solution to overcome it.

Please follow these steps:

1. Login to your Gmail account using browser.
2. Click on the Mail Settings menu, and then click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
3. From the POP Download: section, make sure that the 1. Status item has its value as POP is enabled. It means, that all of your Gmail emails can be downloaded using your mail client so you can access them even you are not connected to the Internet.
4. Still from the POP Download: section, look at the 2. When messages are accessed with POP item. There you can see that the default value for this item is keep Gmail’s copy in the Inbox. That is the reason why your emails are not deleted in Gmail server after you receive them using Mail Client.
5. Now change the value of that option to become delete Gmail’s copy, and then click on Save Changes button to save the new setting.
6. Logout from your Gmail account using the browser, and then try to check your Gmail emails using your mail client as usual.