I’m not saying you did this on purpose, but it’s possible to accidentally delete items. Check the trash or recycle binĬTRL+A followed by the DEL key is often a two-keystroke way to delete everything in your inbox. In other email programs or websites, look for menus or options relating to “view” or “filter” - it’s not at all uncommon to find that you’ve accidentally told your email program to hide all those messages you expected to be there.

The example above shows the setting for Microsoft Office Outlook, on the top right of the message list. (Screenshot: )įor example, if you filter to show only unread mail, and you have no unread mail, then your inbox will appear empty because all of the email you’ve already seen will be hidden. In a nutshell, a view or filter was applied on the inbox that hides everything. This is probably the most common cause of panic. Finally, for online accounts and accounts connected via IMAP, check in with your email provider in case something went wrong at their end, or they can help. Then check your trash for accidentally deleted email, and your spam folder for accidentally flagged email. The most common cause is an accident filter or view setting hiding all your email - check those settings first.

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