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title: "Removing an Email Account from a Desktop Mail Client"
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Students, faculty, and staff can remove an email account from the following desktop mail clients: Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail.

## Removing an Email Account from Outlook for Windows

1. Select **File**.
2. Select **Account Settings  **>  **Account Settings**.
3. Select the account you want to delete, and then select **Remove**.
4. Select **Yes **to confirm.

## Removing an Email Account from Outlook for Mac

1. Open **Outlook**.
2. Navigate to **Tools** > **Accounts.**
3. Select the account you want to remove, and then click the **minus sign (–)** at the bottom left corner of the **Accounts** window.
4. Click **Delete**.

## Removing an Email Account from Apple Mail

1. Open **Apple Mail**.
2. Navigate to **Mail** > **Accounts…**
3. Select the account you want to remove.
4. Click the **minus sign (–)** at the bottom left corner of the Accounts window.
5. Click **OK**.

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