Can't delete mailboxes permanently

I have migrated from Eudora to Mac Mail and ended up with a few unwanted mailboxes that were artifacts of the import. I can delete them within the Mail program, but they reappear when mail restarts. The do not show up in /Library/Mail/Mailboxes.
Anyway to permanently delete these?

Solved my own problem. There were rules pointing to these boxes. Once the rules were deleted, the boxes could be permanently deleted.

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Can't delete mailbox

Tried all the suggestions (highlight, select delete etc.) Looked for folder with mail in library (no success) Can not delete empty mailbox

Are you trying to delete a user created "On My Mac" location mailbox or a server stored mailbox for an IMAP type account?

E72- Can't delete mailbox

Hello. I have a problem. I configurated the email, but entered a wrong code in imap-settings. I can send but not receive mail.(Custom, not OVI, Yahoo or Exchange). Then I created a new box but it wouldnt work, so I deleted it. Then I tried to delete the original box, but no such luck. It is impossible to remove it. I really have no clue about what to do. There is no way I can change the settings inside the box either. Anyone who can bring me out of my misery? :-)

I had this problem with "Unable to delete the mailbox and so on." message. I was able to delete mailbox by this way:
1. Visit the Messaging - Email site https://email.nokia.com/account/login.action . Your user name is the first email address you used when you signed up for Messaging - Email. (In my Google Chrome this link was not opened, but in IE it was all right).
2. After login click "delete" nearby the mailbox name, that you wanted to del.
3. Try to connect to any mailbox from your E72 or just reboot smartphone.
many information you can find here: http://europe.nokia.com/support/product-support/messaging/messaging-email/how-to-for-s60/quick-guide...
I hope it will help you.

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Since ios7 it's when i delete a song, it stays there but with a cloud thing next to it, it don't want that. how can i delete these songs permanently?

Disable iTunes Match and show all music in settings >> iTunes & Appstore

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I cannot delete mailbox under Menu -> Email -> Settings -> [Selected mailbox] -> Option -> Remove Mailbox -> "You must be connected to remove a mailbox. Try again later.".
Connected where and how the mailbox can be deleted?
There are lots of discussion of same problem but no solution (=factory reset is not solution).

try this or read the link below hope this helps
Perform the following steps on your device, which includes built-in Email client:
Select Menu
Select Email
Select Settings
Select Mail for Exchange
Select Options
Select Remove mailbox
Select Yes
Since the Email application is built-in on the device, there is nothing to uninstall. The only necessary steps is to remove the mailbox.
http://www.nokia-ph-gs.com/nokiamessaging/faq.php
If i have helped at all a click on the white star below would be nice thanks.
Now using the Lumia 1520

There is an unauthorized address on my jabber buddy list. After deleting it, it re-appears after about 5 seconds. How can I delete it permanently?

There is an unauthorized address on my jabber buddy list. After deleting it, it always re-appears after about 5 seconds. Is there a way to get rid of it permanently?

Hi,
Are you Logged in ?
You can only delete names from a List if you are logged in.
If you are logged in two (or More places) then they may override any login you are using.
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I can't delete mailbox "On My Mac"

I have checked my Mail/V2/Account folders and I have all permissions. I have deleted the account the mailboxes were linked to. However, Mail will not let me delete these mailboxes. Everytime I choose "Delete Mailbox" it makes a sound (the no new mail sound) and the mailbox is still there.
It is important for to delete these mailboxes as I have recently quit my job and neep to clean my computer of sensative information.

Not sure if you ever solved this but I stumbled upon your question after spending hours trying to do this myself.
I followed all sorts of advice - finding the mail folder, moving the mailboxes etc etc... But every time I re-opened mail they were still there and the files I'd moved were back where they started!
Anyway - turns out is really simple.....
Open Mail
Open Preferences (in the Mail menu)
Select the Accounts tab
Highlhight the account you want to delete
Find the + and - buttons to the bottom left of the window
Select the - button and volia! Pesky mailbox that has wasted far too much of my life already, is now gone!
Hope this stops you or someone else from wasting any more of your life on what's actually a really simple thing!

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My computer storage is completely full. I checked what is taking up the most space, and it came down to movies. They take up about 50 GB of my storage, and they are all movies I haven't watched in years! I don't want/need these movies anymore, but the only option I've been finding is to "hide" the purchases. That doesn't do anything for me though, because it's not taking away any of the storage!! I need to find a way to delete them off my computer to free up a ton of space. How can I do that?

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Everytime I delete the media, when I re-sync it just appears again. I have some downloaded media that I want to permanently remove so that my children are not able to access it when we go to sharing after Christmas. Thanks!

Thank you gbeast. I have tried that several different ways. I think the problem is that I am trying to delete past purchases from the itunes store because they keep copying back to my phone during the re-sync. Do you possibly have a solution for this?

When i start firefox, a seriously ogly theme is installed by it self. And i can't delete it permanent. What do i do?

When i start firefox a seriously ohly theme did install it self.
When i deactive it, and remove it. And then restart firefox, it have re-installed it's self again.
How the heck, do i remove it for ever? It's pissin' me off every time.
And I'm startin to think about finding some else than firefox, to go to the internet..

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
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Can't Delete (or Rename) Unused Mailboxes

Having just upgraded to Leopard, I wanted to clean up my mail and delete two unused mailboxs. Problem is, I can't delete either mailbox. Nothing happens when I select the "Delete Mailbox" command. I can't even rename them. When I try, I get an error message telling me that "Mail was unable to rename…" Seems that once a mailbox is created it can never be deleted or renamed. Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Oops! My bad. I guess I didn't read it carefully enough.
I just copied this from Mail Help. If this doesn't work, I'm out of suggestions.
Deleting mailboxes
If you no longer need a mailbox or any of the messages it contains, you can easily delete it. Do not delete a mailbox in the Finder because the change may not appear in Mail; always use Mail to delete mailboxes.
NOTE: Deleting a mailbox permanently deletes the mailbox and its contents, and cannot be undone. If you set up Time Machine to back up files, you can use it to recover previous versions of a deleted mailbox.
Recovering mailboxes and their content
To delete a mailbox:
Select the mailbox and choose Mailbox > Delete, or Control-click the mailbox and choose Delete from the pop-up menu.
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If a message says you can’t delete a mailbox, you may not have permission to delete a mailbox from On My Mac, or there may be network or server-related reasons.
To see your permissions for a mailbox, select the mailbox (located in the Library/Mail/Mailboxes/ folder in your home folder) and then choose File > Get Info. Click the triangle next to Sharing & Permissions to see information about the permissions for the mailbox and then make any necessary changes.
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If you have problems deleting an IMAP mailbox on the server, contact your Internet service provider (ISP).
When you delete a mailbox, rules that were applied to the mailbox are disabled in Mail preferences.
When you delete a Smart Mailbox, the messages it contains remain in their original location.

I have emails that I can not delete from my Junk mail folder. How do I permanently delete them?

I have emails that I can not delete from my Junk mail folder. How do I permanently delete them?

Weird.
Someone might stop by who has experienced/fixed/read about this before. In the meantime...
By "re-indexed my email" do you mean you rebuilt the mailbox via the "Rebuild" command in the Mailbox menu? Did you try that for all the affected mailboxes?
Also, you might try experimenting with the settings in Mail, Preferences, Accounts having to do with whether junk mail messages are stored on the server and whether they are to be deleted.
Does this behavior persist when you are not connected to the internet?

HT1277 how can i remove the email add from a deleted mailbox from the prompts of the 'from' field?

how can i remove the email add from a deleted mailbox from the prompts of the 'from' field?

Thanks a lot, roam! That worked

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Just don't click install

When I try to delete an email, I get a message which says "The message could not be moved to the mailbox trash". How can I delete messages?

When I try to delete an email, I get a message whih says "The message connot be sent to the mailbox Trash. How can I delet messages?

Try going into Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then select the account on the right-hand side of that screen, select Account, then Advanced, Deleted Mailbox, and under On The Server tap the 'Trash' folder (or whatever it is called by yor provider) so that it gets a tick against it - then come out of that series of popups by tapping on the relevant buttons at the top of them and then see if you can delete emails

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