How do I stop the Mail app from opening when I click email links?

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How do I stop the Mail app from opening when I click email links?

I'm using Big Sur on a MBP 2021.

I do not want the Mail app to ever open anything. I have set the default email to Gmail, but when I click an email link in different sites, it opens the Mail app (which I hate). This only happens on certain sites. When I look at the source code it looks like a normal email command.

Sometimes when I receive an email it goes into Mail and I never see it in Gmail.

Why are these links opening Mail? How can I put a permanent stop to that?

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 12:07 PM

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Answer 1

Owl-53

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Sep 16, 2021 5:16 PM in response to larryfromsantarosa

I take it and correct me is wrong - there is a g-mail Client Application installed on the computer. If so, open Apple Mail >> Preference >> General >> top box reading Default Mail reader and Change it from Mail to g-mail Client

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Answer 2

Sep 17, 2021 10:52 AM in response to larryfromsantarosa

larryfromsantarosa wrote:

How do I stop the Mail app from opening when I click email links?

I don't use an app for Gmail. I just go to gmail.com in the Chrome browser.

You need a default mail client. There are many options if you prefer not to use Apples® baked in Mail.app

Friends don't let friends use browser mail— it does not get more archaic than that.

Change the default web browser or email app on your Mac

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Sep 17, 2021 8:56 AM in response to Owl-53

Thanks! However, I don't use an app for Gmail. I just go to gmail.com in the Chrome browser. That being the case, when I go Apple Mail >> Preference >> General >> top box reading Default Mail reader, there is NO Gmail client to select.

When I look in the App store there are a dozen similar email apps with Gmail in the title and the logos all look similar.

What do you recommend in this situation?

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Owl-53

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Sep 17, 2021 10:18 AM in response to larryfromsantarosa

User wrote " I have set the default email to Gmail " and where was this done ??

As for suggesting a G-mail Client to install. Honestly, do not use anything Google so suggestions would be pure guess work at best.

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Answer 5

Sep 17, 2021 10:45 AM in response to Owl-53

Thanks. This is a serious issue because Mail can hijack Gmail-intended messages and hide them in the Mail app.

How is it that Google and Apple can't answer this question satisfactorily? Is it too isolated and rare?

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How do I stop the Mail app from opening when I click email links?

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