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Adding a new account on Mozilla Thunderbird is easy. But what to do when you want to remove the account? This How.com.vn guide will walk you through the simple steps of removing an account from the Thunderbird email client. We'll also answer common questions and help you troubleshoot potential issues.
Quick Steps
- Right-click or control-click the account and select Settings.
- Click the Account Actions menu and select Remove Account.
- Choose whether to delete all messages or just the account.
- Click Remove to confirm.
Steps
Removing the Account
- Right-click (or control-click) the account you want to remove. When you open Thunderbird, you'll see a list of email accounts you've added in the left sidebar. Right-click or control-click the email address to bring up a menu.
- Click Settings on the menu. This displays the settings for the selected account.Advertisement
- Click the Account Actions menu. It's near the bottom of the left panel.
- Click Remove Account. A confirmation window will appear.
- Choose whether to delete email messages. If you want to keep the messages you've downloaded from the server (both sent and received) in Thunderbird, check the box next to "Remove account information" only. If you also want to delete the emails you downloaded in Thunderbird, check the box next to "Remove message data."
- If the email account uses IMAP, choosing "Remove message data" will not delete the messages from the server. To check if you're using IMAP, click the Server Settings at the top of the left column. If you see "IMAP Mail Server" next to "Server Type," you're using IMAP.[1]
- If you see "POP Mail Server," messages are deleted from the server once downloaded to Thunderbird unless there are checkmarks next to "Leave messages on server" and "Until I delete them." If messages aren't stored on the server, the only copies of these emails are in Thunderbird. If you want to keep them, drag them to a folder under "Local Folders" or uncheck "Remove message data."
- Click Remove to confirm. This removes the selected email account from Thunderbird.
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