How to delete VIP Mailbox, iOS 6

I tried to move VIP folder down in menu but it won't "stick"

OK. I really sympathize with those who don't want the VIP box and can't remove it. While I have not had this problem, my husband occasionally gets email that "ends up there" and he can't figure out why this happens. He has never configured it and never looks in it. Thus, he has missed a few really important meetings!! Any idea why some email would end up there?

Sorry, but this is not how the VIP box works.

His E-Mail is still in his Inbox and he did not miss any meetings due an E-Mail "ending up there". It's a "smart mailbox" that just highlights messages already in the Inbox based on certain criteria...in this case, a sender's address.

It does not move or delete any E-mails from the Inbox. If anything your husband would see the E-Mail in BOTH boxes. He has other issues with his E-Mail settings, delivery rules, or junk mail settings.

But the VIP box is NOT causing this.

I have just landed here after updating to IOS 6 tonight, and then doing a google search after spending some time trying to delete VIP. I'm with most here, it should a switch on and off-able!!!

Hey girls, seems like when I press edit there is NO 3 line icon next to it. CAN'T MOVE IT

Girls? My iPad2, iPad3, iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 CAN MOVE the VIP box. You other problems going on.

I totally agree with the topic starter. It's annoying feature if you don't use it, because it is always the first thing you'll see if you use the mail application. I hope Apple listens to suggestions, so in the next software update you can choose whether you use the vip mail option or not.

Are you using an iPhone 5 or did you upgrade an existing phone?

On my iPhone 5, I can re-arrange the order of the mailboxes, including VIP.WHen in the Mailboxes view, tap the edit button. You should then see an icon on the rigght that looks like three bars. Touch and hold that and move up/down to rearrange the order. This works for me and "sticks" through power cycles.

I'm not the person above, but mine is an upgraded 3Gs and the VIP box is immovable, it just sits there below "inbox" (I only have one mail account, a gmail account, but with multiple labels shown on the iPad and iPhone, these all appear below the VIP "box").

Pressing "edit" only greys out the inbox & VIP "box", no movement possible

Hopefully an edit/turn VIP on/off function can be added to the next update.

From une pomme post

This only works if you have multiple e-mail accounts. If you just have one account, VIP is listed but hitting EDIT does not produce a 3 horizontal line icon edit.

Cheonweb - Good catch. I haven't used just one email address for decades and had no experience with that situation.

For those with only one mailbox, try this: create a throw-away gmail account. Add that to you iPhone. Move VIP. then delete the new account. It is a bit of work but it could give some useful experimental results.

If you delete the throw-away gmail account the VIP folder will move back under your inbox. You have to keep this throw-away gmail account.

That's unfortunate. Be sure to send feedback to Apple.

@RyanEricW impolite behavior ("learn to read") is not warranted and not welcome here or elsewhere.

Regards the VIP issue, if you're like me the idea is okay; segregating communication from people in multiple mailboxes into a central, highlighted area--it's the default NOTIFICATION (hint hint) settings that are bothersome.

I have simply edited notification settings for the VIP mailbox to be nill and voila.

Best,

--Dave K.

All you have to do to eliminate a name off of your VIP list is to simply do the opposite of placing one on there.

Click on the little star on the name of any email that is in your inbox that is already a VIP and it will disappear from the VIP list. I made the mistake of clicking the little star by accident a few times, only to find out that I have several unwanted "VIP's".

I agree. It's not really necessary for me. I put all my 'VIP's' in a file called 'friends'