I have iOS 7.1 installed on my iPhone and I am using the built in Gmail app. If I am in the inbox and I mark a few messages, I swear I used to have an option to move the marked items to the trash. Now I get (across the bottom of the screen)
My question is, where do emails actually go when I select Archive? I would assume they would go into some folder somewhere, but what i really want is to move them to the trash. I could always click Move, and then select the folder – but I seem to rarely remember to do this. There were a few messages I 'archived' that I can no longer seem to find. As a test, I selected a few messages and archived them, and afterwards they do not seem to show up in the trash or in any of the main email folders on my account.
Best Answer
If you really want to delete the emails, you can just hold your finger on the "Archive" button for a second or two, and choose "Trash selected messages".
@shub's answer is correct as per the original question, though. (SO won't let me comment yet, or this would just be a comment.)