Windows 10: Why do I have two Draft Folders - Windows 10 Mail

Why do I have two Draft Folders in my Windows 10 Mail (Gmail account). Neither can be deleted because "Drafts" is a default folder.




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Two Draft Folders In Windows Mail Application.

Hi Mark,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



In order to get clarity on this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.



Was the extra Drafts folder added automatically?



You cannot delete the Draft folder as this is the default folder in the Mail Application.



You can delete the Drafts (start) folder by right-clicking on the folder as this has been added extra to the folders in the Mail application.



Before deleting the Drafts folder, please backup/move all your emails if you have in the Drafts folder.



You can refer Customize the folder list
in Mail for Windows and How
do I add or remove folders in Mail for Windows 10? for more information on these extra folders added in Mail Application.



If you are still unable to delete the folder, then I suggest you to
Completely Delete The Email Account From Mail Application
and Setup The Account again.



Please feel free to contact us back, in case you have any other questions/issues with Windows in future.

 

Mail app issues - whenever I click on Drafts folders to delete the draft Windows 10 Mail App closes.

@JT

So the answer is ridiculously simple. If anyone else also stumbles across this, this worked at least for me.

• Create a new email to yourself but don't send it! This will then show as another saved draft in that Draft Folder, but it'll be an uncorrupted one, or whatever is the problem with the other draft that's undeletable and causing the Mail
  App to crash.
• Close the Mail App and go get a cup of coffee.
• Open the Mail App again. Click on the Draft Folder, and now that it contains a
  good draft in it also, the folder will stay open and not crash. Simply right click on the offending draft and select delete.

Since it's incomprehensible to assume that the original poster could
even possibly solve his/her own problem, could a Moderator mark this as solved and as the solution?

 

Two Draft Folders In Windows Mail Application.

Greetings,

I noticed today that I have 2 draft folders in my Windows 10 mail app. Correction: I have 1 folder named "draft" while the other folder is named "drafts" (see screen shot below). I have all my devices (including the Windows 10 mail app) set up for IMAP folders
for my AT&T email account (hosted by Yahoo). Whenever I start a message but don't complete it, the message goes into the DRAFTS folder - as it does on all my other devices. Nothing is in or ever has been in the DRAFT (without the 'S') folder. So today I tried
to delete the DRAFT folder and got the message that the folder could not be deleted. No further information was offered other than the "DISMISS" button within the window containing the error message.

I logged onto my AT&T web interface and the DRAFT folder is NOT there. Neither is it on my Android 8.0 mail app. The only place this DRAFT folder seems to exist is within the Windows 10 mail app on my desktop.

Can anyone help me make heads or tails of this strange problem?

Thanks in advance.

Mark





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