how do i delete a vip mail box?

Hi....

Yes but what if one dont have a mail from the sender, then you can't get to the point where you can delete from the vip list... Any good ideas ?

None of these solutions work with El Capitan and Mail 9.2

The "VIP" is also on my phone but not in my contacts so I cannot delete it anywhere. There is no mail associated with this person either.

This did not work for me...starting to HATE APPLE MAIL and all of its redundancy mail boxes...this should not be that hard to remove.

I got as far as Mail Data, but there is no VIP option.

This one worked for me, thank you very much!

does not work in modern OS versions.

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

Thanks, Worked like a charm!

I've tried all of the suggestions listed, and the VIPS mailbox persists. I have no one, and no messages designated as VIPS or from VIPS. I don't even know any VIPs, much less get email from them. I'm bugged by unnecessary extra items in menus and would really like to make this one go away. Most of the other mailboxes can be deleted by right clicking, but not this one-- it seems to have a special status like inbox or trash. If I create one I can delete it, but cannot delete the one the system so generously provided.

@rwiegand, If you have an iPhone or iPad that uses IMAP for email and has an email marked as a VIP, the menu sometimes returns to your Mac after the iDevice syncs with the email server.

You may need to go to the iDevices's mail, then go to the screen where you can see your Mailboxes. You an get to this by going back and back with the selection in the upper left until you cannot go back any more. Then click "Edit" in the upper right. In the list that appears, you'll see a mailbox called "VIP." If it's not checked, check it. Then click "Done in the upper right. Now you'll see the VIP's, and you'll need to go to each message and unmark them by clicking the star. Wait a few minutes or more (depends on your settings) and check for new mail on all your devices, making sure that VIP mailbox is empty. Now you can follow all the directions above it and hide them.

It's very frustrating, I know. The latest iOS updates and Sierra's high number of critical bugs in Mail.app and more has made me start to spend less and less time on my Mac. I've already replaced the iPhone with an Android device. If I'm going to deal with a poor user interface and buggy code, I may as well pay half as much for it. I think the desktops and laptops are going to switch back to Windows in the next refresh too :-(

Okay, that deleted the one message that had appeared in the VIP Mailbox -- I know not how. So,

First question: How did that message appear in the VIP mailbox?

Second question: What the **** is a VIP Mailbox for and how do I delete it -- not just any messages in it?

I must be doing something wrong, but doesn't work for me. Quit mail, did the ~/library and GO, opened the mail folder, opened V3 and the MailData folder, but the only way I see to delete VIPSenders.plist is to move it to the trash.

Thank you, I tried this, but unfortunately do not have a V2 when I went there. I only had a V3 wt a VIP senders list inside of it. I removed the VIP senders list, but this had no effect. I am also unable to manually remove people from my mails VIP list. Any ideas?

Hover over mailbox

Tap trackpad with two fingers

Dropdown menu will show option to remove VIP mailbox

This is the way to go. The other solution didn't work for me and this was soooooo much easier. Thanks!