Cannot delete messages
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- Revision id: 67774
- Created:
- Creator: Joni
- Comment: The menu choices seem to be different. There's no "?" menu item.
- Reviewed: Yes
- Reviewed:
- Reviewed by: heyjoni
- Is approved? Yes
- Is current revision? No
- Ready for localization: Yes
- Readied for localization:
- Readied for localization by: heyjoni
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If you cannot delete messages in Thunderbird, it may be caused by a corrupted trash folder.
Here is how to delete the corrupted trash folder and create a new one:
- First, open your Profile folder:
- At the top right of the Thunderbird window, click the menu button , then select , and then . The Troubleshooting Information tab will open.
- Under the Application Basics section, click on filesfolder will open. . A window with your profile
- Close Thunderbird.
- Open the Mail (or ImapMail) folder in your file manager (according to whether you are using POP or IMAP with the affected account).
- Open the folder with your incoming mail server name (something like imap.googlemail.com or pop.googlemail.com).
- Select the Trash and Trash.msf files and delete them. In some accounts, these may be named Bin or Deleted.
- Restart Thunderbird.
A new Trash folder will be created by Thunderbird. This should make it possible to delete email again.