Login Keychain Duplicated Passwords want to delete

Background.
I have been having problems with Mail, as a result I have been adding and deleting Mail accounts.
Now I have my original passwords that I wish to keep, these were put in last year November, but I have 7 other passwords related to my flounderings in Mail. Is it possible to delte these excess passwords?
I have tried but seem to hit a brick wall short of deleting the whole keychain.
Regards
Umunthu Malawi

Hi,
Yes I have been in Keychain Access. On the left side I have Login, My personal Keychain and X509 Anchors.
In the Login Keychain I have the undesired entries as mentioned. I want to delete these unnecessary entries as I think that they may be affecting my ability to use Mail.

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