If you are worried and keep asking yourself how do I retrieve archived emails? You should know that archiving your messages does not mean deleting them. Email archives are merely deleted from your inbox and safely saved in your mail account. These emails can be viewed in Gmail under the All Mail section. The search bar can also be used to search the archived messages by the sender, subject, or keywords. Having retrieved the archived email, you can either reassign it to your inbox or add a label so that you can see it again later.