REMOVING my e-mail account from OS X.  How to do it?

I only want to access my e-mail accounts via the webpage. When I was a PC user, I never entered any of my e-mail information into Outlook, and I didn't want to enter any e-mail information into OS X either.
But I accidentally entered my e-mail info into OS X, and now OS X has access to my Gmail account.
I tried to remove everything from the e-mail's preferences, but it keeps stopping me from doing it, saying that I "incoming mail server field cannot be empty" or other things can't be left empty. (Well, why not!!??). I can delete the password, +but I can't seem to delete the e-mail address from OS X.+
I want my Gmail account completely removed from OS X. I don't want any record of it whatsoever on OS X. None. Nada. Zippo! Not the password. Not the e-mail address. Not even the fact that I even use Gmail. I want it all gone from OS X's e-mail handler.
Is this possible? Or would I theoretically have to format the entire hard-drive and reinstall OS X in order to accomplish this? (Obviously it's not that important, but still...I'd like to know).

In Mail, select Mail>Preferences from the menu bar. In the pane which opens select 'Accounts' in the top bar. On the left you will see a list of accounts (or just the one if that's all you have). Click on your account to select it, then on the '-' button just below the list. All gone.

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