In Mac OS X Mail, how do I remove an account?

If you no longer wish to access an email account through Mac OS X Mail, you can remove it from your configuration. Once you've done this, messages and folders you have downloaded to your computer will remain on your computer, but the program will no longer try to download additional messages. Messages and folders that remain only on the mail server will no longer be available in Mail, however.

To remove an existing account in OS X Mail, follow these instructions:

1. In Mail, from the Mail menu, select Preferences... .
   
   
2. Click Accounts, then highlight the mail account you wish to delete.
   
   
3. In OS X 10.3.x and later, click the - (minus sign) button. In OS 10.2.x and earlier, click the Remove button.
   
   
4. When prompted, click OK. You may then close the Mail preferences window.

Also see:

• At IU, how do I configure Mac OS X Mail to read my mail through IMAP?
• In Mac OS X Mail, how do I remove SMTP servers?
• In Mac OS X Mail, how can I turn spell checking off or on?
• In Mac OS X Mail, how do I append other messages to the message I am currently composing?