# How can I recover my sent messages from gmail?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-recover-my-sent-messages-from-gmail/780832>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 26, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-recover-my-sent-messages-from-gmail/780832 "2017-02-26T16:02:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-recover-my-sent-messages-from-gmail/780832/1 "2017-02-26T16:02:02Z")

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I just went looking for an email I recently sent from gmail. Searching the “Sent” folder, I discovered that the newest one in there was from June, 2016. I know I’ve sent or replied to many emails since then, so where did they go? Did I inadvertently change some setting? Can you help me recover them or at least tell me how to change the settings so I can keep a record of what I send out - like it seemingly used to?