Now that we’ve shown you a way to delete the Mail app on your Mac, have you decided to use a different email client? Did deleting it make a noticeable difference to your hard disk storage space? Let us know in the comments section below. However, despite it being a system application, there are ways to delete it. It is configured as the default email client for all Apple products. Somehow, the POP account on the iPhone was reactivated, and the setting on that account was set so that emails would be deleted from the server after a week. The Apple Mail app allows Apple users to exchange email with each other. The POP accounts are still on all of these devices, except they had been deactivated so that I could have a record of past emails for reference. Select “Erase” in the confirmation dialog box. Select a mailbox option from the context menu: “In All Accounts” or “On My Mac.”ĥ. Next, delete your Trash folder as Mail will still occupy space from the Trash:Ĥ. This way the message can remain in your mailbox without taking up as much space. Select the message you wish to remove the attachment from. To remove large messages no longer in use:ġ. If you have already downloaded the email attachments, then you can remove them from the messages.
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Select the Gmail account you want to change from archive to delete 3. Navigate to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars 2. To disable Gmail archiving for an account, follow these steps: 1. When swiping across a message you wish to delete, the red button that appears says archive instead of delete. Under Accounts, tap on the account and turn off Mail. Apple has added support for Gmail's archive feature with iOS 4. Open Settings app and tap on Passwords & Accounts. Alternatively, select the “Move to” option via the toolbar. Follow each of the steps below: Close the Mail app on your iPhone. Next, either drag the message to another mailbox via the sidebar or the “Favorites” bar.Ĥ.