• First create a backup of your mail using Evolution by clicking on File->Backup Settings “This step is vitally important to prevent data loss”

  • By using your file browser browse to the following directory**/home/YOURUSERNAME/.evolution/mail/local**

  • Once in the local folder delete all files with the following extensions. _**.index .cmeta .ev-summary

    **_Very important to not delete the files with the .data extension

  • Restart Evolution

  • Evolution will now attempt to re-create all indexes

  • You should be able to delete the mails in the trash folder