How to delete mail storage in mac

To delete mail storage on a Mac, you can follow these steps:

Method 1: Delete Mail Storage using Mail App

1. Open the Mail app on your Mac.
2. Click on "Mail" in the top menu bar and select "Preferences" (or use the keyboard shortcut Command + Comma).
3. In the Preferences window, click on the "Accounts" tab.
4. Select the email account you want to delete mail storage for.
5. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
6. Click on the "Remove" button next to "Remove messages older than [X] days".
7. Enter the number of days you want to keep messages for, or select "All" to delete all messages.
8. Click "OK" to confirm.

Method 2: Delete Mail Storage using Terminal

1. Open the Terminal app on your Mac (you can find it in the Applications/Utilities folder or use Spotlight to search for it).
2. Type the following command and press Enter: rm -rf ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData
3. This will delete the entire MailData folder, which contains all your email messages.
4. Note: Be careful when using this method, as it will permanently delete all your email messages.

Method 3: Delete Mail Storage using Spotlight Search

1. Press Command + Space to open Spotlight Search.
2. Type "Mail" and select the "Mail" app from the search results.
3. Click on the "Mail" app icon to open it.
4. Click on "File" in the top menu bar and select "Empty Trash" (or use the keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + Delete).
5. Confirm that you want to delete the messages.

Additional Tips:

• If you want to delete specific messages or folders, you can do so by selecting them in the Mail app and pressing the Delete key.
• If you're using a third-party email client, such as Microsoft Outlook, you may need to use a different method to delete mail storage.
• Deleting mail storage will permanently remove all messages from your email account. Make sure you have backed up your important emails before deleting them.