how do I take my email accounts off my laptop without losing access to them on my phone or online?

is there a way to set my laptop back to factory settings for just the email, I want to take my email accounts off my laptop without losing access to them on my phone or online?

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Oct 7, 2021 11:07 AM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2021 11:39 AM

You can just deactivate or even remove the accounts in System Preferences->Internet Accounts, and that will not affect what you see in the iPhone.


What you DON'T want to do is delete the e-mails themselves in Mail, if your account an iCloud or other IMAP account, or an Exchange account, as that will also delete the e-mails on the server and everywhere else.


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Oct 7, 2021 11:39 AM in response to sofrustratedwithemail

You can just deactivate or even remove the accounts in System Preferences->Internet Accounts, and that will not affect what you see in the iPhone.


What you DON'T want to do is delete the e-mails themselves in Mail, if your account an iCloud or other IMAP account, or an Exchange account, as that will also delete the e-mails on the server and everywhere else.


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