Hidden/ghost iCloud.com mail filter deleting my email

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All email to myusername at iCloud.com goes to the Bin (Trash) folder.

Mail to myusername at mac.com and me.com are ok.

I have no rules in mail.iCloud.com set to do this, although I have in the past.

Doesn’t matter whether I use iOS, iPadOS, macOS (all 26.1), mail to that particular address all gets sent to Bin.

Research suggests this is some “ghost” filter still in operation that I cannot see or delete.

What do I do?

iPhone 17 Pro, iOS 26

Posted on Nov 23, 2025 10:23 AM

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Answer 1

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More information.

If I change the "Bin Mailbox" in macOS setting mailbox behaviours to be a different mailbox, the incoming emails still get sent to "Deleted Messages"

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Answer 2

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So adding more information. I have no mail filters in iCloud.com.

But emails getting trashed have these headers:

So it's definitely Apple implementing some trash and mark operation, which sounds very much like a mail filter, that I do not have set up.

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