Mail icon moves around dock indepedently

Mail icon moves around dock independently

Might be a corrupted .plist ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/LIbrary/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.dock.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac.

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