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Locate the local e-mail storage for each account (Tools → Account Settings → Account → Server Settings → Local Directory) and write it down.
Locate the local e-mail storage for each account (Tools → Account Settings → Account → Server Settings → Local Directory) and write it down.
Remove each one of them. The entire ~/Library/Thunderbird can be removed if Thunderbird is removed from the system.


Uninstall Thunderbird: Open the Applications folder and click and drag the Thunderbird icon to Trash. Note that uninstalling it this way '''does NOT''' clean up the profiles stored in ~/Library/Thunderbird.
Uninstall Thunderbird: Open the Applications folder and click and drag the Thunderbird icon to Trash. Note that uninstalling it this way '''does NOT''' clean up the profiles stored in ~/Library/Thunderbird.

Revision as of 04:38, 21 February 2021

Internal

Installation

Homebrew

http://macappstore.org/thunderbird

Needs cask support to be installed.

Then:

brew cask install thunderbird

Configuration

Thunderbird Configuration

Local Mail Storage

/Users/<user-name>/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/<profile-id>.default/ImapMail/<imap-account-name>/<IMAP-subfolders>

Cleanup

Locate the local e-mail storage for each account (Tools → Account Settings → Account → Server Settings → Local Directory) and write it down.

Remove each one of them. The entire ~/Library/Thunderbird can be removed if Thunderbird is removed from the system.

Uninstall Thunderbird: Open the Applications folder and click and drag the Thunderbird icon to Trash. Note that uninstalling it this way does NOT clean up the profiles stored in ~/Library/Thunderbird.