Regularly cleaning up your emails in Gmail is a great way to keep your Google space open. Here's how to do it and make sure they're gone for good.

It's easy to empty your trash in Gmail on a computer or mobile device to free up storage space, but note that the action is irreversible.

First, you can abandon the Gmail app entirely and use the web-based interface to delete all of your spam and trash. This adds a little extra time but, honestly, how many people are clearing these ...

Follow Google's instructions to delete all emails from each category on Gmail. Users are also able to empty or recover their email trash folders.

But making matters worse is a new bug that appears to be affecting the Gmail app on Android, making it even more difficult to empty out the Trash and Spam folders.

Before you ever need to worry about how often you should empty your trash, you should look and see how much available space you have. To do that, go to your Inbox and scroll all the way to the bottom.

1. Start by logging into your original Gmail account, clicking the "gear" icon in the top right and clicking See all settings ...

However, when you delete an email in Gmail, it doesn't disappear completely. Deleted emails are moved to the Trash folder, where they remain for 30 days before being permanently removed.