I try to remove message from inbox folder and all alright, but when i switched to All Mail folder the removing does not work. expunge() method returns ('OK', [None]) and message was not removed: >>>import imaplib >>>server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com','993') >>>server.login('likvidator89@gmail.com','Password') >>>server.select('inbox') >>>for i in server.search(None,'all')[1][0].split(): ... print i+"\n"+server.fetch(i,'(BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (Subject)])')[1][0][1] ... # that how i know what UID hame my message? I select by subject #.... #28 #Subject: 1 Question Has 1 Answer - Stack Overflow # # #29 #Subject: 2222222222 #... >>>server.store(29,'+FLAGS','\\Deleted') #('OK', ['29 (FLAGS (\\Seen \\Deleted))']) >>>server.expunge() #('OK', ['29']) >>> server.select('[Gmail]/All Mail') ('OK', ['47']) >>> for i in server.search(None,'all')[1][0].split(): ... print i+"\n"+server.fetch(i,'(BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (Subject)])')[1][0][1] ... #.... # #46 #Subject: 2222222222 # # #47 #Subject: 3333333333333333 # #.... >>> server.store(47,'+FLAGS','\\Deleted') ('OK', ['47 (FLAGS (\\Seen \\Deleted))']) >>> server.expunge() ('OK', [None]) Continue reading...