Thanks for that. I doubt if there are any attachments attached to those messages. I also use clean my Mac and that software is saying there isn’t any attached to my mail. Hope that helps for who ever can take this on thanks emma
> On 24 Nov 2025, at 12:10, Doug Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, first an apology: I saw a reference to Google Mail in this thread and > assumed you were also dealing with Google Mail, not iCloud. > > Attachments can take up space fast if they are both numerous and large, but > it would be hard for 500 messages to take up 200 gig even with attachments I > think. I believe you are saying you don't have any attachments, or not many > anyway. > > My next question would normally be whether you use POP or IMAP when > connecting to your mail server, but I think iCloud has its own setup for that > connection on a Mac. I'll let someone else take it from here because I don't > do mail on my Mac anymore. > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 11:54:32AM +0000, 'Emma May' via MacVisionaries wrote: > I think I haven’t made myself clear enough. Either that or I’m confused. I > have over 200 gig of space taken up by messages on my hard drive. These are > mainly iCloud messages. I wonder how to deal with this. I do not want to > delete the archive messages I can see in the mail app as there are stuff I > need there. I only have 500 messages in it. Would this take up 200 gig > without attachments thanks emma > >> On 24 Nov 2025, at 11:50, Doug Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ah, fortunately the archive folder does not come to your Mac; it stays on >> Google's servers. I don't know if >> you can delete the messages in it, but that folder will not consume your >> personal disk space. >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 11:16:03AM +0000, 'Emma May' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> So how can you access these archives and delete them? I get over 200 >> mail a day so you can see how much space this is taking up on my Mac. >> Thanks emma >> >> On 24 Nov 2025, at 03:45, Dave Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As far as I know, this is normal behavior for Google mail. The archives >> just keep building up forever. >> Dave Carlson >> Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer >> On Nov 23, 2025, at 12:43 PM, Estelita Clayton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hello, using gmail on mac, just lately, after reading my email message >> and got out, my message is automatically saved to archive folder, any >> idea how it happened, and how can I stop it please? >> Thank you in advance to your help, is very much appreciated. >> Nene > > -- > Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org > "I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so." > - Josh Billings, 1818-1885 (in "Solemn Thoughts") > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/67vfy37ct4acdskdecdf6k44fw2ubq42o6vnzaw5tfpsdtopyn%40n5z65vkn3ocl. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F04D61CE-F3FA-4FE5-8F4A-3246B13711CA%40icloud.com.
