Enter the recipient’s email in the From field and/or any other information you know about the email.ħ. Alternatively, use the Advanced Search by clicking on the arrow next to the search box at the top of the screen.ĥ. Scroll to locate the email you want to recover.Ĥ. In the menu on the left hand side of the screen, scroll down to click on the Trash folder.ģ. Recover a Single Email from the Trash FolderĢ. Thankfully, Google knows that this happens and has made it possible for you to recover deleted messages in just a few simple steps. We’ve all done it: inadvertently hit Delete on an important email and condemned it to the scrap heap.