diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/push-background-task.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/push-background-task.test.ts
index 7f9e384b..d2f707a8 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/push-background-task.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/push-background-task.test.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,40 @@ describe('pushBackgroundTask notifications', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ['trash-and-read', { mailboxIds: { 'trash-box': true }, 'keywords/$seen': true }],
+    ['trash', { mailboxIds: { 'trash-box': true } }],
+    // Never destroyed from a notification (#68), but not marked read either.
+    ['permanent', { mailboxIds: { 'trash-box': true } }],
+  ])('follows the delete action setting "%s" (#86)', async (deleteAction, patch) => {
+    await AsyncStorage.setItem('webmail:settings:v1', JSON.stringify({ deleteAction }));
+    const postCalls: any[] = [];
+    (secureFetch as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockImplementation(async (url: string, opts?: any) => {
+      if (opts?.body) postCalls.push(JSON.parse(opts.body));
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        json: async () => (url.endsWith('/.well-known/jmap')
+          ? {
+            apiUrl: 'https://mail.example.com/jmap/',
+            primaryAccounts: { 'urn:ietf:params:jmap:mail': 'jmap-primary' },
+            accounts: { 'jmap-primary': {} },
+          }
+          : {
+            methodResponses: [
+              ['Mailbox/get', { list: [{ id: 'trash-box', role: 'trash' }] }, '0'],
+              ['Email/set', { updated: { m1: {} } }, '0'],
+            ],
+          }),
+      };
+    });
+
+    await handleNotificationAction({ action: 'delete', emailId: 'm1', accountId: LOCAL });
+
+    expect(postCalls[1].methodCalls).toEqual([
+      ['Email/set', { accountId: 'jmap-primary', update: { m1: patch } }, '0'],
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it.each([
     ['has no trash mailbox', ['Mailbox/get', { list: [{ id: 'inbox', role: 'inbox' }] }, '0']],
     ['cannot list mailboxes', ['error', { type: 'accountNotFound' }, '0']],
diff --git a/src/lib/push-background-task.ts b/src/lib/push-background-task.ts
index 985a76e0..e5d1bd68 100644
--- a/src/lib/push-background-task.ts
+++ b/src/lib/push-background-task.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const EMAIL_PROPERTIES = [
 interface PushPersistedSettings {
   emailNotificationsEnabled?: boolean;
   senderFavicons?: boolean;
+  deleteAction?: string;
 }
 
 async function emailNotificationsAllowed(): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -78,6 +79,20 @@ export async function senderFaviconsAllowed(): Promise<boolean> {
   }
 }
 
+// The "Delete Action" setting, as far as a notification's Delete honours it:
+// "Move to Trash and mark as read" marks the message read on the way (#86).
+// "Delete Permanently" still only moves to Trash: a notification never
+// destroys mail (#68).
+async function notificationDeleteMarksRead(): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const raw = await AsyncStorage.getItem(SETTINGS_STORAGE_KEY);
+    if (!raw) return false;
+    return (JSON.parse(raw) as PushPersistedSettings).deleteAction === 'trash-and-read';
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /** The app's language: the in-app override, else the device's. */
 export async function notificationLocale(): Promise<LocaleCode> {
   try {
@@ -665,13 +680,15 @@ export async function handleNotificationAction(data: unknown): Promise<void> {
         console.warn('[push] no trash mailbox for notification delete', emailAccountId);
         return;
       }
+      const patch: Record<string, unknown> = { mailboxIds: { [trash.id]: true } };
+      if (await notificationDeleteMarksRead()) patch['keywords/$seen'] = true;
       const res = await jmapPost(session, [
         [
           'Email/set',
           {
             accountId: emailAccountId,
             update: {
-              [emailId]: { mailboxIds: { [trash.id]: true } },
+              [emailId]: patch,
             },
           },
           '0',