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Q: 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 30, 2012 12:31 PM

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  • by gprent101,

    gprent101 gprent101 Nov 3, 2012 2:07 PM in response to mrfcobf
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    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!

  • by CheeMiss8,

    CheeMiss8 CheeMiss8 Dec 10, 2012 1:03 AM in response to mrfcobf
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    Dec 10, 2012 1:03 AM in response to mrfcobf

    Hi mrfcobf

     

    I followed your instructions to a Tee, however, the VIP folder is still there.   Not only did I close Mail, I restarted

    my Mac too. 

     

    I checked and the VIP plist is gone, but the folder is still in my Mail side bar.

     

    Urrrr, I hate this VIP folder just sitting there.  I have no use for it and wish to remove it.  Anymore ideas?

  • by kikoku,

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

  • by zphelj,

    zphelj zphelj Feb 8, 2013 11:55 AM in response to kikoku
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    Feb 8, 2013 11:55 AM in response to kikoku

    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.

  • by artcalm,

    artcalm artcalm Jun 28, 2013 9:51 AM in response to mrfcobf
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    Jun 28, 2013 9:51 AM in response to mrfcobf

    Hi!

     

    I'm sort  of new to this so I appreciate your patience and understanding.  I have a Mac Pro and Mountain Lion.  In mail box I inadvertently clicked the "Flagged" icon.  It's now permanently my mailbox and I've been trying to remove it unsuccessfully.  I've been searching the Apple Support Community site and found your answer regarding removing the VIP mailbox so I assumed that this should work for the Flagged mailbox.  I followed your steps but it didn't work.  I thought that maybe there are slightly different steps to remove the flag.  I hope so. 

     

    You were the only one that provided anything close to a solution.  I tried to contact you directly through the Apple community but being new to this, I didn't know how.  So I addressed my problem to the whole Apple community. Now after the fact, I was able to figure out how to contact you directly.  So if you see responses elsewhere, this is the reason why.

     

    Any advise or guidance is greatly appreciated. Thank you again for your time.

     

    artcalm

  • by gprent101,

    gprent101 gprent101 Jun 28, 2013 10:05 AM in response to artcalm
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    Jun 28, 2013 10:05 AM in response to artcalm

    I don't have a Mac Pro, I have an iMac, but all I have to do to remove the flag from a message is click on the flag icon again.  Click once it puts the flag on, click twice it takes it off.

     

    If you want to remove the flag icon from your mail tool bar, click on View in your Mail menu and under View click on Customize Toolbar.

  • by artcalm,

    artcalm artcalm Jun 28, 2013 1:19 PM in response to gprent101
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    Jun 28, 2013 1:19 PM in response to gprent101

    Thanks for your prompt response.  I had to run an errand so I completely shut my Mac Pro down.  When I started it up again, Flagged was gone from my mail box.  Apparently mrfcobf's solution worked but for whatever reason, just not right away. 

     

    To you (even though I didn't have to try your solution), mrfcobf's, and everyone else who may respond thank you very much.

  • by michelle125,

    michelle125 michelle125 Jul 2, 2013 12:22 PM in response to mrfcobf
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    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

  • by mathlover1,

    mathlover1 mathlover1 Jul 22, 2013 7:25 PM in response to CheeMiss8
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    Jul 22, 2013 7:25 PM in response to CheeMiss8

    I was having the same problem of the empty folder still there. Once you follow the instructions and delete the file, make sure you go empty your trashcan. That fixed it for me.

  • by Niku,

    Niku Niku Jul 23, 2013 4:47 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jul 23, 2013 4:47 PM in response to BDAqua

    This definitely doesn't work. I tried it many, many times before it just disappeared of its own accord.

  • by Niku,

    Niku Niku Jul 23, 2013 4:49 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jul 23, 2013 4:49 PM in response to BDAqua

    That didn't work for me.

  • by LIZ BUCHER,

    LIZ BUCHER LIZ BUCHER Jul 27, 2013 6:04 AM in response to mrfcobf
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    Jul 27, 2013 6:04 AM in response to mrfcobf

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

  • by heavenhell,

    heavenhell heavenhell Aug 16, 2013 7:43 AM in response to mrfcobf
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    Aug 16, 2013 7:43 AM in response to mrfcobf

    thanks! worked perfect here!

  • by Victor Pang,

    Victor Pang Victor Pang Aug 26, 2013 11:04 PM in response to ms1946
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    Aug 26, 2013 11:04 PM in response to ms1946

    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.

  • by Tom in London,

    Tom in London Tom in London Sep 10, 2013 1:36 AM in response to zphelj
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    Sep 10, 2013 1:36 AM in response to zphelj

    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.

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