ms1946 Author

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how do i delete a vip mail box?

I created a vip mail box by mistake and I can not find out how to delete it. Does anyone know?

Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Aug 7, 2012 12:48 PM

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Victor Pang

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Posted on Aug 26, 2013 11:04 PM

Actually, there is no need to mess with the mail folders with Finder and Terminal. Just click on the disclosure triangle next to the VIPs mailbox to expose the list of names. Either:

(1) control-click on each of the names and select Remove from VIPs from the contextual menu until all the names disappear from the VIPs mailbox. Quit Apple Mail then run it again - the VIPs folder should have gone.

Or:

(2) click on each name and any mail within that name. Click on the star next to the name in the mail; the name should disappear from the VIPs mailbox. Sometime, if you deselect the star from the last name, the VIP mailbox would disappear from the left pane, or at the most, left with no disclosure triangle. If that's the case, simply quit Apple Mail and run it again - it should disappear.

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Aug 12, 2015 12:54 PM in response to mrfcobf

I have the same problem. The VIP mailbox appeared out of nowhere and is empty but I cannot delete it. This advice looked good except that I upgraded to Yosemite a few weeks ago. BIG, BIG MISTAKE. It is complete rubbish.

I cannot find anything you mention in your advice but then I cannot find anything in Yosemite. They have completely screwed the SEARCH facility and so many other things no longer work the way they used to. I cannot find MAIL. The only MAIL I can find is MAIL SCRIPTS or the MAIL.app. LIBRARY has ceased to exist as has UTILITIES and Yosemite has messed up my MAIL SEARCH as well.

There are all kinds of other problems with Yosemite but Apple don't care. They just say re-install. Apple is getting as bad as Microsoft.

Dtdh

Level 1

5 points

Mar 13, 2016 1:49 PM in response to Joreyb

Are you holding the control button while clicking your mouse?? It should open the little menu and allow you to proceed.....

It offers Remove from VIP's

You must high light what you want removed with the mouse then hold the control button and click mouse again. It should open this menu.....

BDAqua

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Aug 7, 2012 1:07 PM in response to ms1946

Hello, right click on it & choose Delete...

Or highlight it & from the Edit menu choose Delete...

ms1946 Author

Level 1

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Aug 7, 2012 1:33 PM in response to BDAqua

in the edit menu the delete is grayed out and right click has no delete option for the mail box. I have Mountain Lion if that makes a difference.

ms1946 Author

Level 1

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Aug 7, 2012 2:05 PM in response to captfred

I have nothing in the mail box. I created and that was it.

Aug 30, 2012 4:12 AM in response to ms1946

Hello Everybody,

I have the same problem; an empty VIP mailbox in Mail that I want to delete. How to do this?

System: Mountain Lion 10.8.1 and Mail 6.0

Cheers, Michael

Sep 4, 2012 9:16 AM in response to mrfcobf

Thanks for this. worked like a charm!

hogwash

Level 1

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Sep 17, 2012 3:44 PM in response to mrfcobf

I tried that, but in my library folder, Mail does not show up at all.

10.8.1

mrfcobf

Level 1

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Sep 17, 2012 5:28 PM in response to hogwash

Wrong library folder. This one is invisible and must be accessed as described above.

hogwash

Level 1

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Sep 17, 2012 10:24 PM in response to mrfcobf

Ah - I wasn't using the "~"

Thanks.

I hate when apple automates things too much!

chile1

Level 1

6 points

Sep 19, 2012 9:27 PM in response to mrfcobf

Hi, I'm using A macBook Pro Version 10.6.8 I can't find V 2 in ~/library. Am I in the wrong library? This VIP mailbox is on my iPhone not on my Mac Book Pro.

Thanks

John

Cthulhu

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Oct 25, 2012 9:09 AM in response to macsam3

Are you sure you quit Mail, then did as mrfcobf suggests, then relaunched mail? I accidentally did not and I saw what you are seeing.

Nov 3, 2012 2:07 PM in response to mrfcobf

Yes,

mrfcobf's solution dated 9/3/12 works like a charm. Thanks so much!

kikoku

Level 1

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Jan 10, 2013 9:19 AM in response to mrfcobf

Important to quit from mail and to make sure VIPSenders.plist is deleted.

Then the silly VIP goes away.

Who thinks up these unnecessary things?

Jul 2, 2013 12:22 PM in response to mrfcobf

Thanks so much for this. Worked PERFECTLY and your instructions were so easy to follow.

thank you again.

cheers

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