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Gmail & Thunderbird

vivd77
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If I delete my Gmail account in Thunderbird, will all emails in my Gmail account be lost from Gmail itself?

If I delete my Gmail account in Thunderbird, will all emails in my Gmail account be lost from Gmail itself?

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Balázs Meskó
Balázs Meskó
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If you are using IMAP (IMAP is basically a remote directory protocol), then no. Most likely this is the case, but you should check your account settings in Thunderbird, that it shows imap.google.com at the server settings.