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In an online chat i saw a reference to detaching attachments. It said that you could have your attachments all go to a file on your computer, to save space in the Thunderbird application. But I can't find out how to do that in the Help anywhere...

In an online chat i saw a reference to detaching attachments. It said that you could have your attachments all go to a file on your computer, to save space in the Thunderbird application. But I can't find out how to do that in the Help anywhere...

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A simple Google search would have had you informed in seconds https://www.google.com/search?q=thunderbird+detach+attachments

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A simple Google search would have had you informed in seconds https://www.google.com/search?q=thunderbird+detach+attachments

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I was looking in Thunderbird Help and did not find that answer. And it didn't suggest that I do a Google search. And I was looking for a way to detach attachments from a group of selected messages of a whole folder of messages.

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rkeleher said

I was looking in Thunderbird Help and did not find that answer. And it didn't suggest that I do a Google search. And I was looking for a way to detach attachments from a group of selected messages of a whole folder of messages.

To save or detach from multiple messages or a folder, try this add-on:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/attachmentextractor-continued/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/installing-addon-thunderbird

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Thank you for trying to help! But when I download and try to open in Firefox, it says that it cannot be opened because it has not been verified. Should I just keep trying over the next few weeks (months?) to see if it eventually lets me download it?

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You want to install it in TB, not Firefox. Drag the green Download button from the webpage and drop it onto Tools/Add-ons/Extensions in TB. Or, type attachment extractor in the search box in Tools/Add-ons/Extensions.