Put my email folders in alphabetical order
How do I put my email folders in alphabetical order on my Mac?
MacBook Pro
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Drag them into alphabetical order.
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- Close the macOS Mail app, if it is currently open.
- Launch Finder app. While pressing the option key on your keyboard, click onto the ‘Go‘ menu and then select ‘Library‘.
- Scroll down till you find the ‘Mail‘ folder and open the folder.
- Within the Mail folder, you will find one or more subfolders named like V1 / V2 / V3 …., in my case it is named ‘V6’.
- Trash all ‘Vx’-folders. Note: Do not finally delete them until you are sure you will not need them anymore.
- Launch macOS Mail app. All email accounts will be synced again. This can take a while. After the sync is complete, all of your mailbox folders are shown again in alphabetical order.