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How do I remove a single folder from the Recents list in menu/Message/Move/Recents?

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How do I remove a single folder from the Recents list in menu/Message/Move/Recents? I accidentally added a folder that I don’t want to appear there because I do not want to accidentally select it in the future.

How do I remove a single folder from the Recents list in menu/Message/Move/Recents? I accidentally added a folder that I don’t want to appear there because I do not want to accidentally select it in the future.

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For now, I am working around this by unsubscribing from the folder and then resubscribing to it. This removes that folder from the recents list.

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Your workaround may be quicker.

You could try this which removes all folders from View > Folders >Recent

In Thunderbird:

  • Help > More Troubleshooting Information
  • Under 'Application Basics' - hald way down - click on 'Show Folder' button

A new window opens showing your Profile folders.

  • Close Thunderbird now - this is important.
  • locate and delete the panacea.dat file.
  • Close the window.
  • Restart Thunderbird.

A new panacea.dat file will be auto produced. If you then recheck : View > Folders >Recent it should only show any folder you had opened since restarting Thunderbird.

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Unfortunately, panacea.dat doesn’t seem to exist any more (at least not in v102 beta on Windows). :(

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Andrew Kantor said

Unfortunately, panacea.dat doesn’t seem to exist any more (at least not in v102 beta on Windows). :(

I've been doing some digging and discovered that the 'panacea.dat' file has recently had a name and format change, which does not effect the 91* versions but will effect your beta version. It is now called folderCache.json and it can be deleted. If it is deleted it will get recreated on restart.