Is there a way to stop Mail from automatically selecting messages? For example when I delete a message, it will immediately select the next one and mark it read. Then if I don't want to read the message yet, I need to mark it as unread.
MacOS – Disable message autoselect in OS X Mail
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Go To Mail -> Preferences -> Junk
When junk mail arrives, say: Perform Custom actions
Click on the Advanced button at the bottom, which just turned up to be active.
Then say "Mark as read" in one of your actions:
Press ⌥+backspace to delete the message. No other message will be highlighted.
Warning: This deletes the selected message(s) permanently.
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Best Answer
Press option+delete or option+← to delete an email and not select the next email.
If you use an international keyboard: United states option key may be labelled alt and/or ⌥.