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Can I store old email messages on a local storage device and then erase them from my email server, Google Gmail, making folders to store them in?

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Can I store old email messages on a local storage device and then erase them from my email server, Google Gmail, making folders to store them in?

Can I store old email messages on a local storage device and then erase them from my email server, Google Gmail, making folders to store them in?

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What is your account type - POP or IMAP?

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I'm pretty sure that it is IMAP.

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With an IMAP account you can move the messages off of the server to your 'Local Folders' account. Note, that still leaves a copy on the server in Gmail's 'All Mail' account. So you need to login via webmail and delete those messages still left in 'All Mail'.

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Thank you.