ICloud eMail Address Deletion

I have 2 iCloud email addresses under my Apple ID, one of which is an @me.com and one @icloud.com. When setting up iCloud on my IOS devices, it is easy to select which email address I would like to use, however when creating the iCloud account in the Mail App on my Macbook Pro, it automatically selects the @me.com address.
I only want use the @icloud.com address and therefore would like to delete the @me.com address.
Could someone kindly advise me as to how I could delete the @me.com email address from my iCloud account?
I look forward to from anyone within the community who may be of some assistance with the above issue.
Thanks

It's easy.
I suppose you are using Mail as your mail application, so open it. Then, go to Mail menu (on the menu bar) > Preferences > Accounts, and choose your iCloud account in the sidebar. After that, you should see an "Alias" option, so press it and you will see your @icloud.com and @me.com addresses. Choose the @icloud.com email address, and you will be using this mail account on your Mac.
However, you can't remove a @me.com email address from iCloud

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