How To Delete Mail App On Mac

Add or remove email accounts in Mail on Mac. Use the Mail app to send, receive, and manage email for all of your email accounts in one location. Simply add the accounts—such as iCloud, Exchange, Google, school, work, or other—you want to use in Mail. To remove email accounts from a Mac, click on the Apple menu → click on System Preferences → Click on 'Internet Accounts' → Click on the email account you wish to remove → Click on '-' → Then, click on 'Ok.' Click on the Apple menu.

How To Delete Email From Mail App On Mac

Apple Mail will not let me delete my email and instead gives me an error.

How to delete the mail app on mac

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Problem

When you delete an email in Apple Mail using IMAP, the following error can occur:

Symptom

  1. Apple Mail will not delete an email.

Cause

Apple Mail is unable to move the message to the Trash mailbox.

This is a known bug with Apple Mail.

Resolution

Disable Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox.

  1. Open Mail.
  2. Open Preferences.
  3. Select Accounts.
  4. Select your Account and click Mailbox Behaviors.
  5. Untick Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox.
  6. Close Preferences.
  7. Click Save.

Enable Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox

Delete
  1. Open Preferences.
  2. Select Accounts.
  3. Select your Account and click Mailbox Behaviors.
  4. Tick Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox.
  5. Close Preferences.
  6. Click Save.

Use Launchpad to delete an app

Launchpad offers a convenient way to delete apps that were downloaded from the App Store.

  1. To open Launchpad, click it in the Dock or open it from your Applications folder. You can also pinch closed with your thumb and three fingers on your trackpad.
  2. If you don't see the app in Launchpad, type its name in the search field at the top of the screen. Or swipe right or left with two fingers on your trackpad to show the next or previous page.
  3. Press and hold the Option (⌥) key, or click and hold any app until the apps jiggle.
  4. Click next to the app that you want to delete, then click Delete to confirm. The app is deleted immediately. Apps that don't show either didn't come from the App Store or are required by your Mac. To delete an app that didn't come from the App Store, use the Finder instead.

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Deleting an app doesn't cancel any subscription you may have purchased with that app. Learn how to cancel subscriptions for apps that were downloaded from the App Store.

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Use the Finder to delete an app

  1. Locate the app in the Finder. Most apps are in your Applications folder, which you can open by clicking Applications in the sidebar of any Finder window. Or use Spotlight to find the app, then press and hold the Command (⌘) key while double-clicking the app in Spotlight.
  2. Drag the app to the Trash, or select the app and choose File > Move to Trash.
  3. If you're asked for a user name and password, enter the name and password of an administrator account on your Mac. This is probably the name and password you use to log in to your Mac.
  4. To delete the app, choose Finder > Empty Trash.

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Learn more

To use an app again after deleting it, either reinstall it or restore it from a backup.

  • To reinstall apps that were installed as part of macOS, reinstall macOS. This applies to apps such as Safari, iTunes, Books, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Photos, and FaceTime.
  • You can also redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books that were installed from the App Store, iTunes Store, or Apple Books.

Learn how to delete apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Learn what to do if the Dock contains an icon with a question mark.