How To Recall An Email

When it comes to how to recover deleted emails on your Mac, you have three ways to go. You can either use trustworthy third-party software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, which is the most effective way, or Time Machine to recover permanently deleted emails on your Mac or recover simply deleted messages from Apple Mail from Trash.

Did you accidentally delete Apple mail on your Mac computer? Don't worry and we have 3 practical solutions that can help you out. Check any method listed below to bring your lost email back now:

Is It Possible to Recover Deleted Emails from Apple Mail

Recall Email In Mac Mail

Apple Mail provides Mac users with an easy way to keep in touch with others. But sometimes, those emails with important messages might be deleted or lost by mistake. When such a disaster happens, you may wonder whether you can retrieve your deleted emails on your Mac and if you can, how to do it.

Please note that the recall feature only works with an Exchange email server, like in a company/corporate environment. For regular email accounts, such as hotmail, yahoo, gmail, aol, etc., or email account from your Internet service provider, there is no recall feature/option. You can see more details at. You can’t, typically. Some webmail providers MAY provide an option for up to 30 seconds (if you’ve configured this) - they do this by delaying sending for that time period. One of the most popular tools for accessing emails on a Mac operating system is Apple Mail. This built-in utility can be used to access email accounts from various other free email service providersincluding Apple’s iCloud, Outlook, Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc., in addition to allowing other providers to be entered manually.

Apple Mail is the built-in email client included with Mac running OS X 10.0 or later. It works seamlessly with other email service providers, such as iCloud, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, Gmail, Outlook, and Exchange. When you use the email client, Apple Mail, you store your emails locally on your Mac rather than on the email provider's server or their cloud service, which is the main reason why it is possible to recover deleted emails from Apple Mail on your Mac.

Thus, the deleted email messages are recoverable even they were permanently deleted as long as you find reliable Mac email recovery solutions. Here we will present you three ways to recover deleted emails from your Apple Mail.

How to Recover Deleted Emails from Apple Mail on Mac in 3 Ways

The easiest way to recover deleted emails on your Mac is to restore the messages from the Trash, which is only suitable for emails that are not permanently deleted. If you want to recover permanently deleted emails from Apple Mail, the most straightforward way to do it is using method 2. And if you have enabled Time Machine, you can also use it to get back your lost emails from method 3.

Method 1. Recover Deleted Apple Mail Messages from Trash

Like many other mail clients, Apple Mail has a Trash folder that stores the recently deleted emails. As long as you don't empty the Trash folder, you can recover your wrongly deleted emails from it. (The Trash folder is quite similar to the Trash Bin on your Mac, even if you have emptied it, you can still recover deleted files after emptying Trash Bin with the help of third-party software.)

Step 1. Click the 'Mail' icon on the dock to open Apple Mail.

Step 2. Click 'View' from the menu bar and go to 'Show Deleted Messages'.

Step 3. Click the 'Trash' tab in the sidebar and you will see the list of your deleted emails.

Step 4. Select and right-click the message you want to recover, then choose 'Undelete' to restore your deleted email to your inbox.

Method 2. Recover Permanently Deleted Emails on Mac with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard

How can you recover permanently deleted emails from Apple Mail? The most straightforward way to do it is to use the accomplished Mac data recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac. With this reliable software (both Windows and macOS compatible), you can not only retrieve the deleted emails from Apple Mail but also recover permanently deleted emails in Outlook. Now, follow the steps below to recover your deleted emails on your Mac within minutes.

Step 1. Select the location where your important data & files were deleted and click the 'Scan' button.

Step 2. The software will run both quick scan and deep scan and work hard to find as many deleted files as possible on the selected volume.

Step 3. The scan results will be displayed in the left pane. Just select the file(s) and click the 'Recover Now' button to get them back.

After recovering the deleted emails, you need to import these items to your Apple Mail.

Step 1. Go to Mail from the dock and go to 'File' > 'Import Mailboxes'.

Step 2. Select 'Apple Mail' and choose the email files you just recovered.

Step 3. Click 'Continue' to start importing emails to your Apple Mail.

Step 4. When it has finished, click 'Done'.

In addition to providing email recovery solutions, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard also enables you to:

• Get back lost photos, videos, audio files, Microsoft Office Word/Excel/PowerPoint files, Adobe files, and more (200+ file types)
• Recover files from computer, external hard drive, USB flash drive, SD card, memory card, digital camera...
• Retrieve data after deletion, formatting, OS crash, OS reinstallation, and other tough data loss situations

In general, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is able to rescue your lost data in most of the cases. Don't hesitate to give it a try.

Method 3. Recover Permanently Deleted Emails from Apple Mail with Time Machine

If you have enabled Time Machine backup, it will back up your Mac automatically and periodically to your backup disk. Thus, after you permanently deleted emails from Apple Mail on your Mac, you can recover your messages with the help of Time Machine. (As you can see from the steps below, it's not that easy to get things done with Time Machine. Luckily, you can choose to recover deleted files without Time Machine.) There are two options for you:

Option 1. Recover Files from Time Machine Backup Disk

Step 1. Connect your backup disk to your Mac and turn on your computer.

Step 2. If your Mac starts up to the setup assistant, set the details of your country, keyboard, and network. Then choose to transfer your information from a Time Machine backup from the Migration Assistant window. If your Mac starts up to the Finder, go to 'Applications' > 'Utilities' > 'Migration Assistant' and choose to transfer your information from a Time Machine backup.

Step 3. Select the wanted Time Machine backup and click 'Continue'.

Step 4. If you have more than one backup option to choose, select one of them and click 'Continue'.

Step 5. Choose the files to transfer and click 'Continue'.

Step 6. When the transfer has completed, restart your computer and log in to the target account, then you will see all the recovered files.

Option 2. Restore Files from Local Snapshots

If your backup disk is not available, you can recover your deleted emails from the local snapshots, which are the files on your Mac stored by Time Machine.

Step 1. Enter 'Time Machine'

Step 2. Select the file or folder you want to restore, then select an older version of the file or folder.

Step 3. Press 'Space' bar to preview and see whether it's the one you want.

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Step 4. Click Restore to restore the selected file.

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The Final Words

Recall An Email On Mac

All of the three ways detailed above allows you to recover deleted emails on your Mac but suitable for different situations. Carry out the method best suited to your needs.