How to clear the Mac Mail app's cache and help it run faster

Dec 13 2022 by Business Insider

 
Every message you read adds to the Mail app's cache.

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To clear the Mac Mail app's cache, you'll need to use the Finder to find the app's internal data. Once you locate the Mail app's data with the Finder, you can just delete it. Clearing the Mac Mail app's cache will force the app to redownload all your messages.

Like most apps, the Mail app on your Mac has a cache. It uses this cache to save emails you've read recently, so it can load those emails faster the...

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