Email occupies too much space

Hi! I'm having a problem with the memory occupied by the Mail app on my computer. Although I have deleted all my e-mails and removed all accounts it still occupies 11,69 Gb for some reason. Does anybody know how I might solve this situation?



MacBook Air 11", macOS 10.13

Posted on May 28, 2019 9:42 AM

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Posted on May 28, 2019 10:47 AM

Perhaps you may be able to rebuild the Spotlight Index to see if that re-organizes the index.


• How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716


A secondary (perhaps primary in this instance) indication and resolution may be here:

• Mail for Mac: Rebuild mailboxes


There are two articles associated with the immediate link above, one Mojave 10.14 and other

High Sierra 10.13.x ~ this is the older of those two; your signature line indicates macOS 10.13:


• Rebuild mailboxes in Mail on Mac (10.13.x) - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/mlhlp1227/11.0/mac/10.13


So there are potentially different aspects of the symptoms involved that could affect your Mac.




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May 28, 2019 10:47 AM in response to Nema_

Perhaps you may be able to rebuild the Spotlight Index to see if that re-organizes the index.


• How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716


A secondary (perhaps primary in this instance) indication and resolution may be here:

• Mail for Mac: Rebuild mailboxes


There are two articles associated with the immediate link above, one Mojave 10.14 and other

High Sierra 10.13.x ~ this is the older of those two; your signature line indicates macOS 10.13:


• Rebuild mailboxes in Mail on Mac (10.13.x) - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/mlhlp1227/11.0/mac/10.13


So there are potentially different aspects of the symptoms involved that could affect your Mac.




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