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"name": "Automatically Delete Unwanted Emails in Gmail on Schedule",
"tags": [],
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"content": "## Scheduled Gmail Cleanup - Auto-Delete Spam, Promotions, Social & Trash\n\nManaging Gmail manually can be tedious and time-consuming. Spam, Promotions, Social, and Trash folders quickly fill up with unwanted emails, taking up valuable storage and creating clutter. This workflow provides a simple yet powerful Gmail automation for efficient email management, helping you maintain a cleaner inbox with zero daily effort.\n\nThis workflow is triggered by a Schedule node that runs once per day (customizable). It then uses multiple Gmail nodes to:\n\nFetch Spam Emails \u2013 Identify all emails in the Spam folder.\nFetch Promotions Emails \u2013 Collect promotional messages from Gmail\u2019s Promotions category.\nFetch Social Emails \u2013 Pull emails from the Social tab.\nFetch Trash Emails \u2013 Find all items already marked as trash.\nDelete Fetched Emails \u2013 Automatically delete the emails retrieved from these categories.\nBy default, the workflow deletes the selected emails permanently. Once removed, they are not recoverable.\n\n## Customising this workflow\n**Schedule**: Adjust the Schedule Trigger to run hourly, daily, or weekly.\n**Categories**: Remove nodes for folders you want to keep, or add filters to only delete emails older than a certain number of days.\n**Deletion Settings**: Modify the Gmail Delete node to move emails to Trash instead of permanent deletion if you prefer a safer cleanup.\n\n"
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"content": "## Schedule Trigger :point_up:\n\nThis starts the workflow automatically at a set time. Default is every day at midnight.\n\nHow to edit: Double-click this node and set the time you want (e.g., every day at midnight, weekly, or custom)."
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"receivedAfter": "={{ $today.minus({ days: 5 }) }}"
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"receivedAfter": "={{ $today.minus({ days: 5 }) }}"
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"operation": "getAll",
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## :point_down: Fetch Social Emails\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCollects emails from the Social tab. These are notifications from platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social networks.\n\nHow to edit: Open the node \u2192 choose your Gmail credential \u2192 change filters to keep certain types of promotional emails if needed."
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## :point_down: Fetch Spam Emails\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCollects all emails that Gmail has already marked as Spam. These are typically phishing, scams, or unwanted bulk messages.\n\nHow to edit: Open the node \u2192 select your Gmail credential \u2192 adjust filters if you only want to delete older emails."
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"name": "Sticky Note4",
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"parameters": {
"width": 294,
"height": 392,
"content": "## :point_down: Fetch Trash Emails\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCollects all emails already in the Trash folder. Deleting them here helps free up Gmail storage permanently.\n\nHow to edit: Open the node \u2192 connect Gmail \u2192 optionally filter by date (e.g., only delete emails older than 30 days)."
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"parameters": {
"width": 294,
"height": 360,
"content": "## :point_down: Fetch Promotions Emails\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis node fetches all emails from the Promotions tab (e.g., marketing and offers).\n\nHow to edit: Open the node \u2192 choose your Gmail credential \u2192 change filters to keep certain types of promotional emails if needed."
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## :point_up: Delete Emails\n\nThis node permanently deletes the fetched emails. You can change it to move them to Trash instead if you prefer safer cleanup."
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
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"parameters": {
"messageId": "={{ $json.id }}",
"operation": "delete"
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}
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About this workflow
Managing Gmail manually can be tedious and time-consuming. Spam, Promotions, Social, and Trash folders quickly fill up with unwanted emails, taking up valuable storage and creating clutter. This workflow provides a simple yet powerful Gmail automation for efficient email…
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