diff --git a/stores/__tests__/email-store-refresh-removed-meanwhile.test.ts b/stores/__tests__/email-store-refresh-removed-meanwhile.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17cee7829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stores/__tests__/email-store-refresh-removed-meanwhile.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+/**
+ * A push refresh re-queries the list and merges the page in. Deleting mails in
+ * quick succession overlaps those refreshes: the query for the previous
+ * delete's push can reach the server before the next delete does, and its
+ * page still carries that mail. The delete had already dropped the row, so
+ * merging the page put it back until the next push (#966). Rows that left the
+ * list while the query was out must stay gone.
+ */
+
+const { buildMock, fetchCrossViewMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  buildMock: vi.fn(async () => [] as unknown[]),
+  fetchCrossViewMock: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/unified-mailbox', async (importActual) => {
+  const actual = await importActual<typeof import('@/lib/unified-mailbox')>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    buildUnifiedAccountClients: buildMock,
+    fetchCrossViewEmails: fetchCrossViewMock,
+  };
+});
+
+import { useEmailStore } from '../email-store';
+import { useSettingsStore } from '../settings-store';
+import { CROSS_ALL } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
+import type { Email, Mailbox } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
+import type { IJMAPClient } from '@/lib/jmap/client-interface';
+
+const makeEmail = (id: string, receivedAt = '2026-09-01T10:00:00Z'): Email =>
+  ({
+    id,
+    threadId: `t-${id}`,
+    mailboxIds: { inbox: true },
+    keywords: { $seen: true },
+    from: [{ email: 'a@example.com' }],
+    to: [{ email: 'b@example.com' }],
+    subject: `mail ${id}`,
+    receivedAt,
+    preview: '',
+    hasAttachment: false,
+    size: 1,
+  }) as unknown as Email;
+
+const inbox = {
+  id: 'inbox',
+  name: 'Inbox',
+  role: 'inbox',
+  totalEmails: 3,
+  unreadEmails: 0,
+  totalThreads: 3,
+  unreadThreads: 0,
+} as unknown as Mailbox;
+
+function deferred<T>() {
+  let resolve!: (value: T) => void;
+  const promise = new Promise<T>((r) => { resolve = r; });
+  return { promise, resolve };
+}
+
+/** What deleteEmail / moveToMailbox do once the server confirmed the move. */
+function dropRow(id: string) {
+  useEmailStore.setState((s) => ({ emails: s.emails.filter((e) => e.id !== id) }));
+}
+
+const ids = () => useEmailStore.getState().emails.map((e) => e.id);
+
+describe('refreshCurrentMailbox with rows removed while the query was out (#966)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    buildMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    useSettingsStore.setState({ emailsPerPage: 25 });
+    useEmailStore.setState({
+      emails: [],
+      totalEmails: 0,
+      searchQuery: '',
+      selectedKeyword: null,
+      isUnifiedView: false,
+      unifiedRole: null,
+      crossView: null,
+      mailboxes: [inbox],
+      accountMailboxes: {},
+      viewingAccountId: null,
+      emailListSync: null,
+      newEmailNotification: null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('All mail: a mail deleted during the refresh does not come back from its stale page', async () => {
+    useEmailStore.setState({
+      selectedMailbox: CROSS_ALL,
+      isUnifiedView: true,
+      crossView: 'all',
+      emails: [makeEmail('a'), makeEmail('b'), makeEmail('c')],
+      totalEmails: 3,
+    });
+    const page = deferred<unknown>();
+    fetchCrossViewMock.mockReturnValue(page.promise);
+
+    const refresh = useEmailStore.getState().refreshCurrentMailbox({} as IJMAPClient);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(fetchCrossViewMock).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    // The server answered before b's move landed (d had just arrived); the
+    // move then completes.
+    dropRow('b');
+    page.resolve({
+      emails: [makeEmail('d'), makeEmail('a'), makeEmail('b'), makeEmail('c')],
+      total: 4,
+      hasMore: false,
+      errors: new Map(),
+    });
+    await refresh;
+
+    expect(ids()).toEqual(['d', 'a', 'c']);
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().totalEmails).toBe(3);
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().hasMoreEmails).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('All mail: a refresh started after the removal shows the row if the server lists it', async () => {
+    // E.g. the mail was moved back: only rows that left during THIS query are held back.
+    useEmailStore.setState({
+      selectedMailbox: CROSS_ALL,
+      isUnifiedView: true,
+      crossView: 'all',
+      emails: [makeEmail('a'), makeEmail('c')],
+      totalEmails: 2,
+    });
+    fetchCrossViewMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      emails: [makeEmail('a'), makeEmail('b'), makeEmail('c')],
+      total: 3,
+      hasMore: false,
+      errors: new Map(),
+    });
+
+    await useEmailStore.getState().refreshCurrentMailbox({} as IJMAPClient);
+
+    expect(ids()).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
+  });
+
+  it('folder: the stale row neither returns nor raises a new-mail notification', async () => {
+    useEmailStore.setState({
+      selectedMailbox: 'inbox',
+      emails: [makeEmail('b', '2026-09-02T10:00:00Z'), makeEmail('a'), makeEmail('c')],
+      totalEmails: 3,
+    });
+    const page = deferred<unknown>();
+    const client = {
+      getAccountId: () => 'acct',
+      getEmails: vi.fn(() => page.promise),
+    } as unknown as IJMAPClient;
+
+    const refresh = useEmailStore.getState().refreshCurrentMailbox(client);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(client.getEmails).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    dropRow('b');
+    page.resolve({
+      emails: [makeEmail('b', '2026-09-02T10:00:00Z'), makeEmail('a'), makeEmail('c')],
+      total: 3,
+      hasMore: false,
+    });
+    await refresh;
+
+    expect(ids()).toEqual(['a', 'c']);
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().newEmailNotification).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/stores/email-store.ts b/stores/email-store.ts
index 8e5711d6f..7dc336b38 100644
--- a/stores/email-store.ts
+++ b/stores/email-store.ts
@@ -4042,6 +4042,9 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailStore>((set, get) => ({
       return;
     }
 
+    // The rows shown before the query goes out; see removedWhileQuerying.
+    const listedBeforeQuery = get().emails.map(e => e.id);
+
     try {
       // Get emails per page from settings
       const emailsPerPage = useSettingsStore.getState().emailsPerPage;
@@ -4152,6 +4155,18 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailStore>((set, get) => ({
       if (!isCurrentView()) return;
       set({ emailListSync: syncAfterRefresh });
 
+      // Rows that left the list while the query was out were deleted, moved
+      // or filed away meanwhile, and the server may have answered before that
+      // change landed. Merging them back made a mail deleted in quick
+      // succession reappear until the next push (#966).
+      const removedWhileQuerying = new Set(listedBeforeQuery);
+      for (const email of get().emails) removedWhileQuerying.delete(email.id);
+      if (removedWhileQuerying.size > 0) {
+        const page = result.emails.filter(e => !removedWhileQuerying.has(e.id));
+        const dropped = result.emails.length - page.length;
+        result = { ...result, emails: page, total: Math.max(0, (result.total || 0) - dropped) };
+      }
+
       const currentEmails = get().emails;
       const previousTotal = get().totalEmails;
       const insertedCount = Math.max((result.total || 0) - previousTotal, 0);