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iPhone IMAP error “Unable to Move Message" when delete message to trash.


When moving or deleting an email on your iPhone with IMAP settings, you may get the following error.
'Unable to Move Message', 'The message could not be moved to the mailbox Trash'.
Imap Error - Unable to move message


To fix this error, please follow the following steps.

1. Go to Settings bu selecting Settings Icon.
iPhone Settings Icon


2. At the Settings page, tap on 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars.' row.
iPhone Mail Contact


3. Go to your email Account.


4. At the Account page, tap on Advanced row.
iPhone Advance


5. At the Advanced page, tap on the 'IMAP Path Prefix' row.
iPhone Imap Path 1


6. Enter INBOX in capitals, then tap on ‘Accounts’ button at the top left than click ‘Done’ button at the top right to save the settings.
iPhone Imap path 2


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