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HOW to PERMANENTLY dedete SELECTED e-MAILS

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HOW DO I PERMANENTLY REMOVE e-MAILS FROM MY G-MAIL AND NOT JUST MOVE THEM FROM THE VISUAL SCREEN TO SOME HIDDEN HISTORY AREA---A TOTAL DELETE FROM THE COMPUTER ???

HOW DO I PERMANENTLY REMOVE e-MAILS FROM MY G-MAIL AND NOT JUST MOVE THEM FROM THE VISUAL SCREEN TO SOME HIDDEN HISTORY AREA---A TOTAL DELETE FROM THE COMPUTER ???

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Have you tried the methods in this Gmail support article to permanently delete the messages immediately:

Delete messages - Gmail Help

Firefox may retain some fragments of your email session in your session history. Make sure to log out of Google to make those pages inaccessible so that someone cannot go "back" to them.