# g-mail q.   Sent mail goes to Trash.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-mail-q-sent-mail-goes-to-trash/786363>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-mail-q-sent-mail-goes-to-trash/786363 "2017-05-11T15:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-mail-q-sent-mail-goes-to-trash/786363/1 "2017-05-11T15:19:47Z")

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I can’t find the answer to this anywhere. Except the SDMB? I compose a letter in Gmail, send it, and it shows up in my Trash folder, but not in Sent Mail. I have to take it out of the Trash and move it to my inbox in order for it to be Sent. There may be a setting I can change to fix this but I’ll be damned if I can find it. Anyone know this glitch? Any solutions out there? (Sorry to put such a trivial and personal question on this site. I know it’s designed for more significant issues.)

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-mail-q-sent-mail-goes-to-trash/786363/2 "2017-05-11T18:05:35Z")

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All i can guess is that maybe you have a filter for mail From: [youremail@gmail.com](mailto:youremail@gmail.com) that Moves messages to Trash?

I know there is an setting to Send & Archive, but the archive is not trash.