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    Table of Contents

    Mail User Guide

    • Welcome
    • What’s new in Mail
    • Get started
    • Switch to Mail
      • Add email accounts
      • Use a custom email domain
      • Remove or temporarily turn off email accounts
      • Send an email
      • Format text in emails
      • Send emails to groups
      • Unsend emails with Undo Send
      • Redirect emails
      • Set your From or Reply to email address
      • Create and use email signatures
      • Read emails
      • Reply to, forward, or follow up on emails
      • Use Remind Me to come back to emails later
      • View email conversations
      • Automatically categorize incoming email
      • Search for emails
      • Filter emails
      • Sort emails
      • Show emails from VIP senders
      • Archive emails
      • Print emails
      • View deleted emails
      • Use information found in Mail in other apps
      • Add attachments to emails
      • View, save, or delete email attachments
      • Mark up email attachments
      • Send large attachments
      • Create or delete mailboxes
      • Use favorite mailboxes
      • Use Smart Mailboxes
      • Move or copy emails
      • Move or copy mailboxes
      • Import or export mailboxes
      • Block or unblock senders
      • Unsubscribe from mailing lists
      • Reduce junk mail
      • Use Mail Privacy Protection
      • Sign or encrypt emails
      • Use Hide My Email
      • Use email aliases
      • Change settings
      • Use Focus filters
      • Manage notifications
      • Use Mail extensions
      • Use column layout
      • Use tabs
      • Use Mail full screen
      • Use rules to manage emails you receive
      • Automate Mail tasks
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Copyright and trademarks

    Use favorite mailboxes in Mail on Mac

    You can make a mailbox a favorite, so it’s easy to access in Favorites in the Mail sidebar or in the Favorites bar.

    The Favorites bar showing the Mailboxes button and buttons to access favorite mailboxes, such as VIPs and Flagged.

    Tip: To show or hide the Mail sidebar, choose View > Show Sidebar or View > Hide Sidebar, or press Control-Command-S. To show or hide the Favorites bar, choose View > Show Favorites Bar or View > Hide Favorites Bar, or press Option-Shift-Command-H.

    Open Mail for me

    Add a mailbox to Favorites

    1. Go to the Mail app on your Mac.

    2. Do any of the following:

      • In the Mail sidebar: Drag a mailbox from another section of the sidebar into Favorites. You can also click the Add Mailbox button at the top of Favorites, select a mailbox from the pop-up menu (dimmed mailboxes are already in Favorites), then click OK.

      • In the Favorites bar: Drag a mailbox from the Mail sidebar into the Favorites bar.

    The Mail sidebar and the Favorites bar show the same favorite mailboxes.

    Use a favorite mailbox

    1. Go to the Mail app