Mail taking up too much space

Hi All, is there a way to store all my emails via mail app online rather than locally on my Mac as it's taking up way too much space?


I have deleted emails I don't need.


Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 1, 2024 11:33 AM

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Jul 2, 2024 5:35 AM in response to timchurchman

timchurchman wrote:

Hi All, is there a way to store all my emails via mail app online rather than locally on my Mac as it's taking up way too much space?

I have deleted emails I don't need.

Thanks in advance

The request to store email Off of the computer will really depend on your email account and with Whom it is placed with.


It will also depend on, if your email account Server uses POP Protocol which removes the emails from their Server and places the emails On your Computer


Versus an email account with a Server that uses the newer IMAP Protocol which will be store the emails on the email Servers


Yes, in this second case, a copy of the email will still be viewable in Apple Mail Application


So, once you delete the email in Mail, they will also disappear for the email servers



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