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How to remove bullet points in the Mail app for OS X A reader wants to take the violence out of his message, removing the bullets from his email in Mac OS X's Mail app. The process for disconnecting email accounts from the Mail app works for all third-party accounts. If you want to remove the iCloud email account, the steps are slightly different. Open the “Settings” app and tap on your Apple profile found at the top of the menu.
Mail User Guide
Use the Mail app to send, receive, and manage email for all of your email accounts in one location. Simply add the accounts—such as iCloud, Exchange, Google, school, work, or other—you want to use in Mail.
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Add an email account to use in Mail
- The first time you open the Mail app on your Mac, it may prompt you to add an account. Select an account type—if you don’t see your type, select Other Mail Account—then enter your account information.
- If you already added an email account, you can still add more. In Mail, choose Mail > Add Account, select an account type, then enter your account information. Make sure the Mail checkbox is selected for the account.
- If you’re using an account on your Mac with other apps, such as Contacts or Messages, you can also use that account with Mail. In Mail, choose Mail > Accounts to open Internet Accounts preferences, select the account on the left, then select the Mail checkbox on the right.
Temporarily stop using an email account in Mail
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Accounts.
- Select the account, then deselect the Mail checkbox.Now the account’s messages are not shown in Mail.
Start using an email account again in Mail
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Accounts.
- Select the account, then select the Mail checkbox.The account’s messages are shown again in Mail; they don’t need to be downloaded from the server again.
Remove an email account from Mail
When you remove an email account from Mail, the account’s messages are deleted and no longer available on your Mac. Copies of messages remain on the account’s mail server and are still available (from webmail, for example).
Important: If you’re unsure whether messages you want to keep are still on the mail server, move or copy them to a mailbox stored on your Mac (the mailbox appears in the On My Mac section in the Mail sidebar) before you delete the account in Mail.
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Accounts.
- Select an account, then click the Remove button .Note: If the account is used by other apps on your Mac, you’re asked to remove the account in Internet Accounts System Preferences. Click the button to open Internet Accounts, then deselect the Mail checkbox for the account. To stop using the account in all apps, make sure the account is selected, then click the Remove button .
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Have you ever gone to send an email in OS X, and when you start to type the person’s name all their past 5 email addresses come up, even though you have deleted them from Address Book (Contacts App)? Where are the addresses coming from and how do you get rid of them?
Apple mail on the mac keeps track of every person you have received an email from. This makes it easy to send them an email even if they are not in your address book. But this feature becomes a pain when people change their email address and Apple mail remembers the old one. It’s simple to fix though.
To delete a person’s old email address, in Mail go to ‘Window’ menu and ‘Previous Recipients’.
How To Disconnect Email From Mail App On Mac Os
Then click on the old email address and press the ‘Remove from List’ button.
How To Disconnect Email From Mail App On Macbook
You should do this anytime someone sends you a ‘my email address has changed’ email.
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If this doesn’t work, there are some good tips in the comments below!