In Gmail, the "empty trash" option is gone. What do I do?

Question

In the Gmail app on an Android the "empty trash" option in spam and trash, is gone now. In spam, I can click each individual message to delete, but in trash I do not see an option to delete. Before, in spam mail or what I moved to trash, at the top in blue there was an option "empty trash" what happen? Thanks

stuart watt · Accepted Answer

I had this problem also, managed to find fix. When on bin or spam folder.
Rotate your phone to landscape and the empty bin/empty trash option appears. 
Hope this helps

Andrew Hatchett · Accepted Answer

@David Atkins, Jr.
Just wanted you to know that the engineers are aware of the problem and are researching it for a fix.

Debbie Alesky · Accepted Answer

Thank you for all your help. I did finally hear from gmail and got the temporary fix.

Terry A. Pruneski · Accepted Answer

Thanks for all your tips. Have been rotating to landscape and it's been working.

Dror Bakal · Accepted Answer

Thank you everybody!
There was another label called Trash, and my deleting emmail are there....

Philip Eaton 9339 · Accepted Answer

Try putting you phone into landscape and seeing if it shows up - there had been this issue a few weeks back - this had been one of the temporary fixes

Richard VD · Accepted Answer

It appears the capability to empty trash/bin has been restored.

Bill Hughes 964 · Accepted Answer

Turn phone to landscape mode and it shows up. It's not the end of the world. It still works you just got to spin your phone a little bit.

Harold Ogan · Accepted Answer

This worked for me. The missing empty trash now can be restored by selecting a trash email in the trash folder and then back out of the selected email and the empty trash now will reappear. Same applies for the spam folder.

Thiruppathi Krishnan · Accepted Answer

Open and close a spam/bin mail item, the Empty Bin/Spam will reappear.

Accepted Answer

Try click email then press back this is the second method if rotating the phone not working.