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Removing old emails from thunderbird but keeping them on gmail server

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urigone
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Hey

I have emails that are 15 years old. They are taking a ton of space on my computer.

I want to instead only keep 3yr emails. I changed the sync settings to that but it won't remove old emails that were already downloaded.

How do I do this - have it remove the old emails from my computer but keep them on gmail?

Hey I have emails that are 15 years old. They are taking a ton of space on my computer. I want to instead only keep 3yr emails. I changed the sync settings to that but it won't remove old emails that were already downloaded. How do I do this - have it remove the old emails from my computer but keep them on gmail?

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david
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IMAP accounts sync to the server. You cannot do what you want. You could switch to POP and achieve that with some careful settings

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