diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
index 52a4327c4e..482a7a5eef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
     private NumberFormat NF = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();
 
     private static final int MAX_MORE = 100; // messages
-    private static final int MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE = 7; // messages
+    private static final int MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE = 10; // messages
     private static final int MAX_SEND_RAW = 50; // messages
     private static final int SWIPE_DISABLE_SELECT_DURATION = 1500; // milliseconds
     private static final float LUMINANCE_THRESHOLD = 0.7f;
@@ -2914,15 +2914,15 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
                             .setIcon(R.drawable.twotone_delete_24);
 
                 if (result.isTrash || !result.hasTrash || result.isJunk ||
-                        ids.length <= MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE || true) { // is trash or no trash or is junk
+                        ids.length < MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE || true) { // is trash or no trash or is junk
                     SpannableStringBuilder del = new SpannableStringBuilder();
                     del.append(getString(R.string.title_delete_permanently));
                     int pos = del.length();
-                    del.append(" (").append(NF.format(MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE)).append("-)");
+                    del.append(" (<").append(NF.format(MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE)).append(')');
                     del.setSpan(new RelativeSizeSpan(0.7f), pos, del.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
                     popupMenu.getMenu().add(Menu.NONE, R.string.title_delete_permanently, order++, del)
                             .setIcon(R.drawable.twotone_delete_forever_24)
-                            .setEnabled(ids.length <= MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE);
+                            .setEnabled(ids.length < MAX_PERMANENT_DELETE);
                 }
 
                 if (result.accounts.size() > 0 /* IMAP */ && ids.length < MAX_SEND_RAW)