Q: how do i delete a vip mail box?

Perfect, That works.

Perfect! Thanks for that.

I screwed up something and lost my whole email.....

how can I get it back?

artcalm's instructions worked for me. make sure you select another email account in Mail (ie so that the other email account is open). then the VIP folder dissppears (after you quit Mail and delete the VIPSenders.plist)

I followed Victor Pang's instructions above closely, also deleted the VIPSenders.plist from MailData.  But, when I restart Mail, an EMPTY VIPs mailbox still reappears and the VIPSenders.plist also reappears in the MailData folder.  After I followed Victor Pang's instructions, all the names are gone from the VIPs mailbox, but the empty mailbox is still there on the left.  How can I get rid of the empty VIPs mailbox?

I tried both and neither one worked! Mail 7.1 is a complete disaster. I automatically shows every email and it is confusing which one you opened up. It *****.

This worked great for me!

Thanks Victor

Thanks man!

Thanks man!

If I delete the VIP mailbox, will the mails that are in it still be in my normal inbox?

I don't want to "un-VIP" the senders in it because they are VIPs on my iPhone as well and it's important for that to stay the same, I just don't to have the VIP mailbox on my mac?

Thanks mrfcobf!

This is the answer - just tried it in Mavericks - worked perfectly! - Thanks

Quit from mail, and then do this:

(In the finder, under GO, pull down to "Go to Folder" and enter ~/library)

Another option: hold option key while clicking on Go menu - click library there

Open Mail

Open V2

Open MailData

Delete VIPSenders.plist

Restart Mail

The trick is to exit mail with a mailbox other than VIP selected, then follow instructions. Only took 1.5hrs to figure this out!

Thank you ! I had a bit of trouble finding the ~ on my keyboard as I have a French Canadian keyboard -

but after that, problem solved ! I do think Apple could make it easier though to delete the VIP mailbox !

Thank you  MRFCOBF ! I had a bit of trouble finding the ~ on my keyboard as I have a French Canadian keyboard -

but after that, problem solved ! I do think Apple could make it easier though to delete the VIP mailbox !

Thank you  mrfcobf ! I had a bit of trouble finding the ~ on my keyboard as I have a French Canadian keyboard -

but after that, problem solved ! I do think Apple could make it easier though to delete the VIP mailbox !