Gmail problem

[Oggy]

I have Gmail on my Galaxy S20 using the Gmail app and also on my laptop using Outlook. My problem is that when I delete an email on one device it is also deleted on the other. I don't want this to happen. How do I fix it? Thanks.

[Richard Frost]

I do not know the answer specifically. But surely when you delete an email it is deleted from the server, so disappears on all devices. My partner who has a smartphone, ( I don't) on his mobile swipes sideways to hide on the phone and it stays on the email client on the computer.

[Chadwick]

I don't think you can. That's the point of how it works - wherever you log in it is current and up to date (internet connection dependent).

You might be able to hide messages on a device as Richard Frost describes. Otherwise, you would need to set up two separate email addresses to keep the two devices different.

[macliam]

AFAIK, the only way you could prevent this is by using an email agglomerater like Mozilla Thunderbird. This can be used to make a local copy of emails on any system.... so you are not dependent on access to the mail server once the email has been downloaded.