The Kindle Email app only displays the last two days of mail? Find out here how to see all mail on Kindle Fire (in IMAP and in POP email accounts).
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Speaking of residues… does your Kindle Fire Email only display the last 2 days of mail? Let’s throw some metaphoric enzymes at it so it will download more—and even all messages:
How to See All Mail in Amazon Kindle Fire Email
(When It Only Displays the Last 2 Days of Mail)
In an IMAP Account Inbox
Time needed: 1 minute
To make the Email app on Kindle Fire show all email in the Inbox (instead of just two days) for an IMAP account:
- Tap Load more messages at the bottom for any account’s Inbox.
Be persistent: You may have to tap Load more messages more than once. Eventually, though, Kindle Fire Email will give in and start fetching all mail.
- Scroll to the bottom; Kindle Fire Email will continue to load older messages until the whole Inbox has been fetched.
In an IMAP Account Folder
To download more messages when Kindle Fire Email only displays the last two days of mail in a folder other than the Inbox:
- Tap Load all messages at the bottom.
Not in sync: If you do not see Load all messages but are certain more emails are waiting, try enabling synchronization for the folder. (Also see below.) - Now tap OK under Large Data Download.
In a POP Account Inbox
To make the Kindle Fire Email app show all email in the Inbox (instead of just two days) for an IMAP account:
- Tap Load more messages at the bottom for any account’s Inbox.
More and more: You may have to tap Load more messages more than once (for up to one week, up to two weeks and up to one month). - Tap Load all messages when it becomes available to have Kindle Fire Email download all emails.
How to Always See All Mail for an Account in Kindle Fire Email
To have Kindle Fire Email load all emails by default for an account:
- Tap the hamburger menu icon in Kindle Fire Email.
- Select Settings from the menu that has appeared.
- Now tap the desired email account under Accounts.
- Tap Days to Sync.
- Now tap All.
How to See All Mail on Amazon Kindle Fire Email: FAQ
Will downloading more messages change the account or folder’s synchronization settings?
Yes, Kindle Fire Email will adapt the setting for the folder and remember it. You do not have to tap Load more messages again until you reset the synchronization settings.
What if “Load more messages” or “Load all messages” do not appear?
Typically, this happens if an IMAP folder is not set to synchronize at all.
To get options to load more messages for any IMAP folder:
(Kindle Email only displays last 2 days of mail: How to see more (or all) tested with Kindle Fire OS 5.6; updated August 2023)