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I have lost the Trash folder - how do I get it back?

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I think when I tried to delete the emails in the Trash folder, somehow I ended up deleting the entire folder. I tried to make a new folder named "Trash" but was told that "A folder with that name already exists. Please enter a different name." However, it is not in my list of folders plus when I try to delete a message by sending it to Trash, nothing happens. Help! Thank you so much!

I think when I tried to delete the emails in the Trash folder, somehow I ended up deleting the entire folder. I tried to make a new folder named "Trash" but was told that "A folder with that name already exists. Please enter a different name." However, it is not in my list of folders plus when I try to delete a message by sending it to Trash, nothing happens. Help! Thank you so much!

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Thunderbird does not let you delete the Trash folder, so something else is happening. If you select an e-mail and press the delete button on your keyboard, nothing happens?

Are you using POP or IMAP?

If IMAP, right-click your account in the normal folder view of Thunderbird and choose Subscribe. In the folder list that shows, make sure that the Trash folder has a check-mark.

Or it may be that the account in Thunderbird has become corrupted, or the Thunderbird Profile has become corrupted.

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Thunderbird does not let you delete the Trash folder, so something else is happening. If you select an e-mail and press the delete button on your keyboard, nothing happens?

Are you using POP or IMAP?

If IMAP, right-click your account in the normal folder view of Thunderbird and choose Subscribe. In the folder list that shows, make sure that the Trash folder has a check-mark.

Or it may be that the account in Thunderbird has become corrupted, or the Thunderbird Profile has become corrupted.