how do i delete a vip mail box?

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?

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

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

You'll have to remove all your VIP accounts. Visit an old mail from each and click the star by the senders name.

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

Quit from mail, and then do this:

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

Open Mail

Open V2

Open MailData

Delete VIPSenders.plist

Restart Mail

Voila!

Thanks for this. worked like a charm!

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

10.8.1

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

Ah - I wasn't using the "~"

Thanks.

I hate when apple automates things too much!