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Delte Thunderbird data folders?

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Thunderbird was starting to use up too much space on my disk so I wanted to move the emails to another dirve. For that, I switched "Thunderbird-Settings-Server Settings-Local Directory" to the new location and Thunderbird started downloading all emails from the server. Do I still need the old Thunderbird folder or can I safely delete that?

Thunderbird was starting to use up too much space on my disk so I wanted to move the emails to another dirve. For that, I switched "Thunderbird-Settings-Server Settings-Local Directory" to the new location and Thunderbird started downloading all emails from the server. Do I still need the old Thunderbird folder or can I safely delete that?

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If you're referring to the mail folder you switched to a different drive, then yes, it's okay to remove.

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So just to be sure, what I am looking to delete is the following folder: ....Home/user/.thunderbird/7in7vg9u.default-release/ImapMail

Is that OK?

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No. That folder may have other accounts. The deletable folder would be within the ImapMail folder. This should be done with TB shut down and it's always safe to rename a folder, restart TB to see that all is well, and only then delete the folder. that confirms to you that it is no longer needed.

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OK. Thank you. It worked.

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I'm pleased that it worked. Please close this thread to cause it to be removed from open issues list. Thank you.