I found [this post][1] on how to do the above but it doesn't appear to work? Here is the error message ``` Nov 25, 2020, 3:52:51 PM Error GoogleJsonResponseException: API call to gmail.users.threads.delete failed with error: Delegation denied for [email protected] at [unknown function](Code:29:33) at removeMyTest2(Code:23:28) ``` > Go to https://script.google.com > > Then create a new project and paste the below into it: > > ``` > function removeMyTest2() { > > var mymail = "[email protected]"; > > var mylabel = "trash"; > > var permanentlyRemoveMyLabel = true; > > var pageToken; > > do { > > var threadList = Gmail.Users.Threads.list('me', { > > q: 'in:' + mylabel, > > pageToken: pageToken > > }); > > if (threadList.threads && threadList.threads.length > 0) { > > threadList.threads.forEach(function(thread) { > > Logger.log('id: %s snippet: %s', thread.id, thread.snippet); > > if (permanentlyRemoveMyLabel) { > > Gmail.Users.Threads.remove(mymail, thread.id); > > Logger.log('id: %s snippet: %s REMOVED', thread.id, thread.snippet); > > } > > }); > > } > > pageToken = threadList.nextPageToken; > > } while (pageToken); > > } > > ``` > > If you try and run the script as is it will error out. > > Next you click on Resources and go to Advanced Google Services. > > Scroll down to Gmail API and turn that on. > > Next click Google Cloud Platform Link on that same window that came up > where you enabled the Gmail API. > > Then click on the Enable services and API and search for Gmail. Click > on Gmail and then enable it. > > Then go back to your script screen and click on the menu Edit and go > to Current project's triggers. > > Set a trigger to run the script either every minute/hour or whatever > time interval that you want the script to run and empty your trash. > > Keep in mind you can delete from IN:TRASH IN:SPAM or whatever other > label you want. It won't delete reminders and the deletion is final. > You can't recover any of the emails. [1]: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/120866