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How to reset mail to factory settings.

Hi guys,

I am pretty new to Mac (6 days old). I am just wondering how to reset my mail app to the company settings? Any help will be appreciated...

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jun 21, 2013 1:26 AM

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Thanks man!!! Worked like a charm... Sorry for the delay in replying!!! 🙂

Posted on Aug 6, 2013 11:35 AM

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Jun 21, 2013 8:17 AM in response to abhishekdey82

Quit Mail.


In the Finder, hold down the option key and select


Go ▹ Library


from the menu bar. Move the following items from the folder that opens to the Trash (some may not exist):

  • Caches/com.apple.mail
  • Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState
  • Application Support/AddressBook/MailRecents-v4.abcdmr
  • Containers/com.apple.mail
  • Mail
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.searchhistory.plist

Note: you are not moving the Mail application. You’re moving a folder named “Mail.”

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Oct 8, 2015 8:51 AM in response to Linc Davis

Would the below response still work for El Capitan 10.11 and Mail Version 9.0 for reseting Apple Mail?

Reply Helpfulby Linc Davis on Jun 21, 2013 8:17 AM


Quit Mail.


In the Finder, hold down the option key and select


Go ▹ Library


from the menu bar. Move the following items from the folder that opens to the Trash (some may not exist):


  • Caches/com.apple.mail
  • Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState
  • Application Support/AddressBook/MailRecents-v4.abcdmr
  • Containers/com.apple.mail
  • Mail
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.searchhistory.plist


Note: you are not moving the Mail application. You’re moving a folder named “Mail.”

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Jun 21, 2013 8:17 AM in response to abhishekdey82

Quit Mail.


In the Finder, hold down the option key and select


Go ▹ Library


from the menu bar. Move the following items from the folder that opens to the Trash (some may not exist):

  • Caches/com.apple.mail
  • Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState
  • Application Support/AddressBook/MailRecents-v4.abcdmr
  • Containers/com.apple.mail
  • Mail
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.searchhistory.plist

Note: you are not moving the Mail application. You’re moving a folder named “Mail.”

Feb 12, 2015 12:39 PM in response to Linc Davis

Linc, Thanks for this, it's not the first time you have been of indirect help to me and many others I assume.


This one tip was needed to get rid of a very nasty and persistent state of Mail, after a series of beta Yosemite previews and consequent updates. At one given moment the mail app must have had a tiny thingie nuked leaving it in an unusable state. No addition of an account was possible, not accounts that were set up in SysPrefs / Internet accounts were being loaded.

I now have my main bug resolved. Not really a bug, as another user account on the same machine had no problems, so I considered this to be a state of bad luck for the given account.

Cheers!

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Oct 8, 2015 8:51 AM in response to Linc Davis

Would the below response still work for El Capitan 10.11 and Mail Version 9.0 for reseting Apple Mail?

Reply Helpfulby Linc Davis on Jun 21, 2013 8:17 AM


Quit Mail.


In the Finder, hold down the option key and select


Go ▹ Library


from the menu bar. Move the following items from the folder that opens to the Trash (some may not exist):


  • Caches/com.apple.mail
  • Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState
  • Application Support/AddressBook/MailRecents-v4.abcdmr
  • Containers/com.apple.mail
  • Mail
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
  • Preferences/com.apple.mail.searchhistory.plist


Note: you are not moving the Mail application. You’re moving a folder named “Mail.”

How to reset mail to factory settings.

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