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how do i remove archive folder in mail?

I have this annoying folder that holds a copy of some emails called "archived." Is there a away to remove this? I do not see anything in the preferences and I can;t simply delete with the delete key.

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 7, 2014 2:28 PM

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Posted on Nov 28, 2014 4:40 PM

Yes, it's a Gmail system folder and cannot be deleted in Mail.


But you can fix it.


Log on to gmail in your browser.

Go to "settings"

Click on "labels"

Find the "all mail" label and uncheck "show in IMAP"


The label/folder will no longer who on your Apple Mail folder list the next time you start Mail.

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Nov 16, 2016 11:39 AM in response to Wolfki

If you are talking about the 'Archive' folder in the Mail.app, there is a way. You can be deleting a mail and whoops! - you archived it [adjacent icons] and the folder has no 'Delete' option. Try this. Shut down Mail. Go to: HD/Users/Home/Library/Mail/V3/821E9F56-FF80-469E-9369-1C53214FFF2B and find the Archive.mbox mailbox. Drag to the Trash, restart Mail and hey presto! - it's gone.

Sep 24, 2017 3:51 PM in response to Bill Donna

Tried that it didn't work. Did it on all my gmail accounts. Some didn't even show "Archive" The box is still there and still has over 10000 messages, slowing down mail.

I had gotten rid of the archive folder until i upgraded to Sierra. Now it won't go away & mail takes a long time to load, freezes up a lot.

Any other suggestions as how to make this folder disappear?

how do i remove archive folder in mail?

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