When you log yourself out from a webmail service, like Gmail, you’re basically just clearing a cookie in the browser that keeps your session data. Logging out of webmail, on the other hand, is different. That’s because logging out from an email client like Mail means you don’t want to send and receive emails with this account on your computer, and you don’t want to keep the emails that have been downloaded to your Mac. When you log out of Apple's Mail app, you’re basically not looking to use that email account anytime soon on your computer. How Is Logging Out of the Mail App Different From Logging Out of Webmail Services? Do you not want or need to receive emails in the macOS Mail app anymore? If so, you can log out of Mail on your Mac and that will stop syncing your emails with your account.ĭepending on how long you want to remain logged out, you can either sign out of Mail temporarily, or you can remove your email account entirely from your computer.
