Deleting Gmail from Mail.

I read somewhere that there's a way to delete your gmail from Mail. Is this true? And if so, how would I do this?
Thanks
Intel Core Duo 17"   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Since you access a Gmail account as a POP type account with an email client such as the Mail.app, the Mail.app includes a setting for removing messages form the server when downloaded as with other email clients for POP type accounts.
Go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts and under the Advanced tab for the account preferences, select "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message:" and the choices below are:
Right away
After one day
After one week
After one month
When moved from Inbox.
In addition, select the button with a gear icon at the bottom of the mailboxes drawer and at the bottom of the menu window that appears, select Get Info.
Select your Gmail account via the Account selection and under the Messages on Server tab will display all messages available on the server in the account's Inbox mailbox and you can remove selected messages from the server.

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