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How do I permanently delete folders I have created in Mail on my IMac 2l.5. Won't work in Mail.Used to be able to do this in Finder (>Go>Gotofolder~/Library...) but cannot get that to work in Catalina. Thanks for any help.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
From support.apple.com:
"Delete mailboxes
WARNING: Deleting a mailbox permanently deletes the mailbox and its contents (including other mailboxes), and can’t be undone. If you use Time Machine to back up files on your Mac, you can use it to recover previous versions of a deleted mailbox.
on your Mac, select a mailbox in the Mail sidebar.When you delete a Smart Mailbox, the messages it displayed remain in their original locations.
If you use the Finder to delete a mailbox, the change may not appear in Mail."
From support.apple.com:
"Delete mailboxes
WARNING: Deleting a mailbox permanently deletes the mailbox and its contents (including other mailboxes), and can’t be undone. If you use Time Machine to back up files on your Mac, you can use it to recover previous versions of a deleted mailbox.
on your Mac, select a mailbox in the Mail sidebar.When you delete a Smart Mailbox, the messages it displayed remain in their original locations.
If you use the Finder to delete a mailbox, the change may not appear in Mail."
Were these mail folders created on your email providers' email servers or locally under the "On My Mac" header in the Mail app? If the latter, you should have two choices to delete any mail folders that you created:
Control (right) - click on the Mailbox and select Delete Mailbox from the contextual menu:
Any emails in the Mailbox will be deleted.
Thanks. Historically folders I have created in Mail which were deleted as you describe, re-appear after a time. I have deleted them as you directed and hopefully I will not see them again.
Worked temporarily. Today they are back. In a previous OS I had to leave Mail and go to Finder to effectively delete them. Now, in Catalina I can't access the Library. What gives?
delete folders in Mail that I have created
