"Smart Mailboxes" need to go...

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"Smart Mailboxes" need to go...

In the iOS mail app, Smart Mailboxes are always on top of other accounts. I've come to terms with their existence, but I'm never going to use them.

When I choose "edit" in the mailboxes screen, I can turn all the smart mailboxes off EXCEPT ONE. No matter what I do, mail requires me to have at least one smart mailbox enabled (check grayed out).

Add to that, whatever smart mailbox I've begrudgingly allowed to exist is always on top of my other mailboxes.

I want MY email account(s) on the top. Does anyone know how to just disable all the smart mailboxes that Apple jammed into mail, or at least relegate them to the bottom of the list?

Thanks in advance!

Posted on Apr 8, 2021 9:13 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 8, 2021 9:29 AM in response to Heelertreats

I don’t know why you can’t move it to the bottom. I can. Tap Edit, put your finger on the “hamburger” to the right of a mailbox you want to move and slide it up or down.

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Answer 2

Apr 8, 2021 10:24 AM in response to Heelertreats

Mine doesn’t. It’s stayed at the bottom of the list for many years. I can’t guess why yours acts differently. It’s not really a “smart” mailbox, BTW. My Mac has those that automatically sort mail by subject, sender, or other filters. It’s just a combined mailbox for all of your accounts. Did you try moving it to below your last account?

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Apr 8, 2021 9:36 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Figures....I must have tried that twenty times today, and it worked for the first time just now. Thanks for making me try it one more time.

Any ideas on how to just get rid of them?

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Apr 8, 2021 9:41 AM in response to Heelertreats

And then it moved back to the top again after restart, all on it's own.

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Apr 9, 2021 9:59 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Sadly, yes. I've tried to move it to the bottom many times. It only worked once, and then only until I quit Mail and opened it again, then it was back at the top. Thanks

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Apr 9, 2021 10:04 AM in response to Heelertreats

If you force-quit mail that would explain it. If you just mean you press the Home button then that would not be normal.

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