how do i delete a vip mail box?

Brilliant....worked like a charm!!! Thanks so much.

thanks! worked perfect here!

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.

zphelj wrote:

I quit mail, deleted the VIPSenders.plist, restarted mail, no dice, still there.

Just to be sure, terminal based deletion shows the file is indeed gone.

$ rm ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/VIPSenders.plist

rm: /Users/jphelps/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/VIPSenders.plist: No such file or directory

However, I noticed VIP was opening as the default folder because I'd had it selected previously. I selected my unread smart mailbox instead, shut down mail, restarted and now VIP is gone.

That was helpful. Thanks.

Perfect, That works.

Perfect! Thanks for that.

I screwed up something and lost my whole email.....

how can I get it back?

artcalm's instructions worked for me. make sure you select another email account in Mail (ie so that the other email account is open). then the VIP folder dissppears (after you quit Mail and delete the VIPSenders.plist)

I followed Victor Pang's instructions above closely, also deleted the VIPSenders.plist from MailData. But, when I restart Mail, an EMPTY VIPs mailbox still reappears and the VIPSenders.plist also reappears in the MailData folder. After I followed Victor Pang's instructions, all the names are gone from the VIPs mailbox, but the empty mailbox is still there on the left. How can I get rid of the empty VIPs mailbox?

I tried both and neither one worked! Mail 7.1 is a complete disaster. I automatically shows every email and it is confusing which one you opened up. It *****.

This worked great for me!

Thanks Victor

Thanks man!

Thanks man!

If I delete the VIP mailbox, will the mails that are in it still be in my normal inbox?

I don't want to "un-VIP" the senders in it because they are VIPs on my iPhone as well and it's important for that to stay the same, I just don't to have the VIP mailbox on my mac?

Thanks mrfcobf!

This is the answer - just tried it in Mavericks - worked perfectly! - Thanks

Quit from mail, and then do this:

(In the finder, under GO, pull down to "Go to Folder" and enter ~/library)

Another option: hold option key while clicking on Go menu - click library there

Open Mail

Open V2

Open MailData

Delete VIPSenders.plist

Restart Mail