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Lost local folders in Thuderbird

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Carol Iglauer
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I have just done something that appears to have erased all my local folders in Thunderbird. Is there any way to retrieve them? I saw a few answers that I didn't understand. This is really devastating, so I hope I can get them back!

I have just done something that appears to have erased all my local folders in Thunderbird. Is there any way to retrieve them? I saw a few answers that I didn't understand. This is really devastating, so I hope I can get them back!

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DavidGG
DavidGG
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In the menu bar, choose View > Folders > Folder Pane Header if not already ticked, to make that visible. Then, click on the '···' button to the right of the '+ New Message' button in that pane to display a list of options. One of the options available there near the bottom should be Hide Local Folders, which you have probably ticked, select it to untick it and make the Local Folders appear in the folder pane.

The following article shows the Folder Pane Header and explains the options available there:

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/new-thunderbird-115-supernova#w_look-and-feel-improvements-new-message-button-get-messages-folder-pane-options-meatball-menu

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