Deleting a mailbox

BijouSolutions · BijouSolutions #1 (**permalink**)

01-29-2012, 12:08 PM

Evening all

I am trying to delete a mailbox, but the option to do this is greyed out.

I have repaired permissions on disk utility, and I am using Gmail.

Does anybody have an alternative so I may delete this inactive inbox please?

Many thanks,
Bijou Solutions

Slydude · Slydude #2 (**permalink**)

01-29-2012, 12:25 PM

Is this a mailbox representing an entire account such as Gmail or an ISP? If so try going into Mail's preferences,clicking on the Accounts tab at the top, selecting the account from the pane at the left and checking the - at the bottom of that pane.

If you are getting rid of one of the mailboxes that look like folders, you can usually select one, go to the Mailboxes menu and choose Delete Mailbox. Sometimes you will need to restart for this change to take effect.

BijouSolutions · BijouSolutions #3 (**permalink**)

01-29-2012, 12:30 PM

Thank you Slydude.

I went onto the preferences, advanced tab, and I unclicked the tick box which said 'Enable'.

It has now gone! Thanks

Slydude · Slydude #4 (**permalink**)

01-29-2012, 01:32 PM

You're welcome. Glad that solved the problem.

Slydude #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 15, 2009 Location: North Louisiana, USA Posts: 3,880 Mac Specs: 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro 10.8,3 8 GB mem, 2.66 GHz Mac Pro - Dead, iPhone 4	01-29-2012, 12:25 PM Is this a mailbox representing an entire account such as Gmail or an ISP? If so try going into Mail's preferences,clicking on the Accounts tab at the top, selecting the account from the pane at the left and checking the - at the bottom of that pane. If you are getting rid of one of the mailboxes that look like folders, you can usually select one, go to the Mailboxes menu and choose Delete Mailbox. Sometimes you will need to restart for this change to take effect. Sylvester Roque Former Contributing Editor About This Particular Macintosh No matter what time it is where I am it's early morning somewhere in the world. At that hour of the morning follow my advice at your own risk. Anything sounds good before your first cup of coffee
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Member Since: Nov 15, 2009 Location: North Louisiana, USA Posts: 3,880 Mac Specs: 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro 10.8,3 8 GB mem, 2.66 GHz Mac Pro - Dead, iPhone 4	01-29-2012, 01:32 PM You're welcome. Glad that solved the problem. Sylvester Roque Former Contributing Editor About This Particular Macintosh No matter what time it is where I am it's early morning somewhere in the world. At that hour of the morning follow my advice at your own risk. Anything sounds good before your first cup of coffee
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Member Since: Jan 29, 2012 Posts: 2	01-29-2012, 12:08 PM Evening all I am trying to delete a mailbox, but the option to do this is greyed out. I have repaired permissions on disk utility, and I am using Gmail. Does anybody have an alternative so I may delete this inactive inbox please? Many thanks, Bijou Solutions
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