Google Apps Script – Gmail, delete forever e-mails in trash with specific label

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@karan’s answer already points to the solution which worked for me, but being inexperienced / not-a-professional-developer, it took me a little work to translate it into a working solution to the original question. Here’s a concise description of the steps I used to perform this task:

  1. Create the following function in my script:

    function deleteForever(userId, labelName) {
  var threads = GmailApp.search("in:trash label:" + labelName);
  for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
    Gmail.Users.Messages.remove(userId, threads[i].getId());
  }
}

  2. To enable advanced services for this script, locate Resources on the menu, and select Advanced Google services...

  3. Enable Gmail API on the list.

  4. Before selecting OK, click on the Google Developers Console link. Search for gmail, and enable the service there as well.

  5. Done, select OK; the function should now work. (Comment: as mentioned in the link @karan provided, one can use "me" for userID, or alternatively provide one’s Gmail address: "<address>@gmail.com".)

(Steps to enable advanced services for my script are based on Google’s guide here.)

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