Getting rid of a ghost network calendar entry among TB client's calendars
[ Context: TB 52.1.1 + Lightning on Ubuntu 14.04.5 (64bits) ]
Creating multiple calendars on TB clients, be them local of network based, is no problem.
HOWEVER: if for any reason I need to get rid of a subscribed network calendar entry, I cannot do that. The calendar file location can be a URL or a local file, e.g.: `///home/USER/.thunderbird/lng69e5t.default/calendar-data/SharedGit-cal.ics`
After unsubscribing from the network calendar its entry disappears from the TB client's list of claendars. After either host reboot or relaunch of TB on the host, the unsubscribed entries come back (unchecked). The result is that some clients have 12 unchecked entries (from previous unsubscriptions). They cannot get rid of them. (I found no reference to that issue after crawling the net for a good 20 minutes.)
How do I rid my TB clients from ghost network calendar entries after having unsubscribed the clients from those calendars ? Cheers, -ced
Modified by Cbhihe
Chosen solution
Bruce A. Johnson schrieb
[...] edit the prefs.js file in the Profile folder. Shutdown TB first, do not edit it while TB is running. Search for the calendar name. In my prefs.js file, I see 11 lines for each calendar. All those lines for a calendar have the same alphanumeric code. Delete them. Start Thunderbird and see if it is gone for good.
Thank you for yr answer, Bruce. In the end I reinstalled TB completely, 3 times. That was 3.5 hours of work on 3 hosts, due to the complexity of the requirements for users on each host. Importing old calendars was fine as well as everything else, but I made a mistake on one host's account (working against the clock and running tired), as I mistakenly created a network calendar instead of a local one. So I de-referenced it and was back to on the start line again, albeit only with one "ghost" calendar in that case. After some probing (translate deselect or select options unknown from me) in calendar properties, I finally hit the mark.
In trying to get rid of a ghost ("unsubscribed" but remaining ) calendar, do not forget to deselect "Switch this calendar on" in the property windows. I had never noticed this although it is very obviously located at top left of the calendar property window.
-ced
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First, Backup the Thunderbird Profile folder so you won't lose anything if something should go wrong.
What I would suggest trying is editing the prefs.js file in the Profile folder. You have to shutdown Thunderbird first, do not edit it while Thunderbird is running.
Open prefs.js in a plain text editor. Search for the calendar name. In my prefs.js file, I see 11 lines for each calendar. All those lines for a calendar have the same alphanumeric code. Delete them.
Then start Thunderbird and see if it is gone for good.
Chosen Solution
Bruce A. Johnson schrieb
[...] edit the prefs.js file in the Profile folder. Shutdown TB first, do not edit it while TB is running. Search for the calendar name. In my prefs.js file, I see 11 lines for each calendar. All those lines for a calendar have the same alphanumeric code. Delete them. Start Thunderbird and see if it is gone for good.
Thank you for yr answer, Bruce. In the end I reinstalled TB completely, 3 times. That was 3.5 hours of work on 3 hosts, due to the complexity of the requirements for users on each host. Importing old calendars was fine as well as everything else, but I made a mistake on one host's account (working against the clock and running tired), as I mistakenly created a network calendar instead of a local one. So I de-referenced it and was back to on the start line again, albeit only with one "ghost" calendar in that case. After some probing (translate deselect or select options unknown from me) in calendar properties, I finally hit the mark.
In trying to get rid of a ghost ("unsubscribed" but remaining ) calendar, do not forget to deselect "Switch this calendar on" in the property windows. I had never noticed this although it is very obviously located at top left of the calendar property window.
-ced