Can't delete account

I am trying to delete an account (old work exchange) from my ical and it will not let me. When I click on the account in peference> accounts> I get the wait I am thinking circle. This account has a password and have forgotten what it is but would not think that this would matter if I was just trying to delete the account. Thanks in advance!

I have 3 different IDs on it.
Do you mean like aliases?
It sounds like all of your "Ids" are using the same username and incoming mail server. If that is so, they are the same account and Mail will not let you create multiple instances of it.
The solution is to (in Mail) go to Preferences, click Accounts, and then select your existing account. In the email address field, add your additional Ids behind the original email address separated by commas. For example,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

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