It goes to the вЂdeletedвЂ™ folder! But Yahoo works like Gmail вЂ“ deleted drafts do not go to trash and simply vanish. Yet, only the draft does not go to the trash can!ДЇor comparison вЂ“ I checked how Microsoft Outlook treats deleted drafts. What happens when you discard something in your home? You discard it to the trash can!ДЄnd whatвЂ™s the icon that you click to discard drafts? A trash can! The same icon used to delete emails too! Both indicate, by use of the same visual icon, that they head to the trash folder. Even the very word for that act is вЂdiscard draftsвЂ™. I will get over it and live вЂ“ not a problem.Д«ut IвЂ™m really curious to understand the thought process behind this product decision. I have lost that draft set of notes forever. Now, I have tried all the shortcuts and options mentioned by many, many people online вЂ“ no luck at all. I then Googled to realize that Gmail DOES NOT move discarded draft emails to trash.

But it wasnвЂ™t in the trash! I frantically searched using some keyword I knew from that draft since I access it fairly often. The next logical step was to look at the trash folder to retrieve it. I didnвЂ™t even realize that I had discarded it, but when I wanted to refer to it shortly after mistakenly discarding it, and went to drafts, it was missing. Yesterday, I вЂdiscardedвЂ™ this draft by mistake. Not critical and not impossible to find through other means, but still, this was a curated list of important things. This draft is fairly old вЂ“ been using and having it for about 10+ years now! So, the accumulated data was fairly long and important. Membership numbers of some websites, the process of some tasks, some user IDs, random thoughts, and so on. I usually use a Gmail draft email as a tool to add some important details.

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