How to delete a reply draft

[Nico75]

Hello,

When you click on "Reply to a message", Gmail automatically creates a
draft, and removes the conversation from the inbox.
Than if you change your mind, and if you click on "delete", Gmail
removes all the entire conversation, not just the draft...

Do you have a solution to cancel a draft,
or should Gmail have to develop a "cancel" button for the drafts.

Moreover, I see in other post that many users have accidentally
deleted drafts !!

Thanks,

[Andy]

> When you click on "Reply to a message", Gmail automatically creates a
> draft,

Yes.

> and removes the conversation from the inbox.

That doesn't happen when I do it!

> Than if you change your mind, and if you click on "delete", Gmail
> removes all the entire conversation, not just the draft...

"Delete" always works that way; it deletes the whole conversation.

> Do you have a solution to cancel a draft,
> or should Gmail have to develop a "cancel" button for the drafts.

Gmail already has a "Discard" button. Clicking on that drops only the
draft but retains the rest of the conversation.

> Moreover, I see in other post that many users have accidentally
> deleted drafts !!

It is annoying that Discarding a draft deletes it permanently, without
leaving a copy of it in the Trash, which would have been my
preference.

Andy

[Zack (Doc)]

Odd.. I have a great big "Discard" button right next to the save and send button.  Seems easy enough to cancel a draft and discard it without affecting your entire conversation.

Also, my system does not automatically archive a message when I start a reply, but I think there's a lab for that; so if you didn't like that option, turn it off.

Lastly, I have a nice "Edit Subject" line when replying here, so I see no problem with changing the subject; if that was my intention.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:25 PM, steve-o toronto <scoop...@gmail.com> wrote:

WOW... I've needed Google twice today trying to use Gmail... for the most straightforward stuff like Change Subject and Delete Draft.... in addition to the annoyning stuff i was able to figure out, and also ignoring the brutally awful layouts that are confusing. You'd almost think Steve Jobs designed Gmail - incorporating lots of hidden functionality you need to know before you use it.  Just WOW.  I really really appreciate Outlook suddenly.     

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[Marko Vukovic]

Hi Kirk

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Kirk Baker <telln...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is a great question.  It took me about 20 minutes to figure out how to deal with this.  

When you click "reply to a message," Gmail does automatically create a draft.  If you then realize you don't want to send back the entire conversation - for example, if you're adding another recipient who doesn't need to know the prior conversation - the draft is automatically saved.  It then shows up as a red "warning" because it's unfinished business, which is really, really annoying.

This doesn't make sense. I simply click the ellipsis at the bottom of the text box (show trimmed content) and cut the text I don't want to include, as I've done here. Discarding a draft also does not delete an entire conversation.

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[Derek J Kats]

In previous versions, one was able to discard a draft with one click of the discard button. That button is no longer on the most recent gmail update. The reply thread about having to change from conversation mode to individual emails is a major change and I do not want to change from conversation mode, I simply want to discard an accidental reply to an email. Is there truly no discard button? If not, that must have been an oversight as having to change from conversation mode is not what I would want to do just to discard an accidental reply.

[Randy Harmelink]

"Discard Draft" is the little trash can at the lower right of the Reply window.

[J@son]

I had the same question(s) regarding "how to delete/discard a reply message that was created in error or no longer needed".  

Although the "Discard" button does exist - the icon mirrors that of the "Delete" button and by no means jumps out of the page at you (in response to Zack's condescending remarks).

Hopefully the design flaw will be addressed sooner than later. 

[Zack (Doc)]

Zack's response was almost 3 years ago, and the page design was different then.  I would agree that it doesn't jump out at you, and I've accidentally kept drafts because I didn't notice it easily.  I consider that the lesser crime then of losing the whole conversation vs accidentally keeping a draft you changed your mind on.

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