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Deleted my email.

I deleted my email before deleting my Firefox account. So, how do I delete my Mozilla account now? Or what do I need to do to send them a legal request to delete my acco… (read more)

I deleted my email before deleting my Firefox account.

So, how do I delete my Mozilla account now? Or what do I need to do to send them a legal request to delete my account?

They cannot keep it active for whatever “reasons”, it is illegal in my state. I will be sending a formal legal request if I cannot get this issue resolved in this thread.

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How do I update my email address

Hi, I am in the process of changing all my accounts to my new email. However in the Firefox Sync settings, there does not seem to be a way to update my primary email addr… (read more)

Hi, I am in the process of changing all my accounts to my new email. However in the Firefox Sync settings, there does not seem to be a way to update my primary email address (no button beside the email). I can only add a secondary email, which is not what I want. Is there a way for me to update the primary email?

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Account server change

I have been trying to change an account to use a different login and server for retrieving mail. But, it keeps logging into the old server. In Account Settings, for that… (read more)

I have been trying to change an account to use a different login and server for retrieving mail. But, it keeps logging into the old server.

In Account Settings, for that account, the Server Name: is set to the new server and the User Name: is set to the login on the new server.

I have restarted Thunderbird multiple times.

Any help is appreciated.

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Signing in with a school account

I am trying to convert from Chrome to Firefox. Everything is going well with my main account, but on my school account, I can't receive emails from out of my school distr… (read more)

I am trying to convert from Chrome to Firefox. Everything is going well with my main account, but on my school account, I can't receive emails from out of my school district. Is there any way that I can make an account without email verification?

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Thunderbird keeps trying to log into a removed account.

Problem: You remove an account like Google from Thunderbird, but Thunderbird continues to repeatedly show a pop-up to log into that account (in my case Google). I've noti… (read more)

Problem:

You remove an account like Google from Thunderbird, but Thunderbird continues to repeatedly show a pop-up to log into that account (in my case Google). I've noticed it even freezes the Thunderbird UI on startup.

Note: I'm self-answering this question. Mozilla Support has similar questions, but they're archived with incomplete answers. By archiving them, Mozilla is preventing the community from improving the solutions on those problems.

This exact question has been asked at least 4 different times, and it's been archived with 4 different solutions. All of them are valid advice.

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Issues with Adding Account to Unified Folder

I have 3 e-mail accounts and the third one I added is the one I set as default. For some reason the first two show together in the unified folder, but the third is separ… (read more)

I have 3 e-mail accounts and the third one I added is the one I set as default. For some reason the first two show together in the unified folder, but the third is separate on it's own. How do I get all three in the unified folder?

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newly added account on TB disappears on closing. And multiple prefs.js files - prefs-1.js, prefs-2.js (win10) CAUSE: McAfee

Problem: newly added account disappears when TB is closed. Thunderbird on this PC (Dell Latitude 6540) has held a Verizon account for years. The "new" account is a differ… (read more)

Problem: newly added account disappears when TB is closed. Thunderbird on this PC (Dell Latitude 6540) has held a Verizon account for years. The "new" account is a different, equally old Verizon account kept on TB in an identical PC I no longer use. When added to TB on the present PC it tests and works fine until TB is closed. Repeated numerous times. Having read thread # 1286437 I did what follows , to no avail: 1. tried TB in troubleshoot mode; 2. tried in Windows safe mode; 3. cleared startup cache; 4. drastically pruned old emails; 5. looked up profile folder under troubleshooting info. Folder qxxxxxxd ( size 1.18 GB before adding new account) holds one folder tree, one directory tree, but NO prefs.js file. Instead, twenty-two prefs-xx.js files from 1 to 22; removed all to a thumb drive except prefs-1.js which I dared not rename as prefs.js; 6. found two profile folders, both labeled default. One is the above holding 1.18 GB, the other holds 685 MB (probably harmless and related to an old university account no longer extant). I copied both profile folders to a thumb drive. Note: profile folder qxxxxxxd is clearly engaged in what I am attempting. When TB is open with the added new account working -- which is the case as I am writing --, profile folder size increases from 1.18 to 1.20 GB and the number of folders increases by one (under "Mail" the list of pop.verizon-xx.net sub-folders increases from 17 to 18). Please advise on what to do next; I am 86 and no software geek, but can follow instructions... Thanks --Paul

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Applying security settings to all user-accounts of one PC including add-ons

Hi all, For quite a while I'm working together with others on a voluntary base (nobody gets money) as members of a computer-club, a charitable NGO and NPO (in German: gem… (read more)

Hi all,

For quite a while I'm working together with others on a voluntary base (nobody gets money) as members of a computer-club, a charitable NGO and NPO (in German: gemeinnütziger Verein) for seniors in order to bring them closer to the use of digital devices and media. It's not only teaching, but administrating the hard- and software as well.

I can remember that it was possible in former versions of Firefox to include at least a script into "defaults->prefs". I think it was user.js (not sure) in the installation folder to define common preferences to be fixed, like proxi settings. It always worked well, preventing non-privileged users from making any unwanted changes. As a I found out there must have been a very similar way to include add-ons (like uBlock Origin).

Unfortunately all content I found was older than about 10 years. When trying setting up Firefox as it is now, my test system didn't care about anything I've tried.

I'm talking about > 50 Windows-PC having in average 3 user profiles each (for teaching more than 400 members). We are amateurs regarding PC administration, except some network ex-professionals. "Baking" installation media including our needs, as I already found on Mozilla's pages, seems to be beyond our abilities as well as distributing a fitting profile (we don't have a MS-server), not speaking about Group Policies.

Is there any usable guideline for people like us? Today, each FF-installation looks different and I would like to unify this as easy as possible.

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I need to delete my account with firefox

I need to delete my account to Firefox I have 4 viruses and I need to get fire fox off because that’s what’s making it happen I think I got a email from Apple iPhone and … (read more)

I need to delete my account to Firefox I have 4 viruses and I need to get fire fox off because that’s what’s making it happen I think I got a email from Apple iPhone and that’s what they told me so I need to delete my account today please help me

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Firefox Sync

I just swapped to a new PC and logged into my Firefox account but it keeps disconnecting me and says account is disconnected and I need to re login to connect. I re login… (read more)

I just swapped to a new PC and logged into my Firefox account but it keeps disconnecting me and says account is disconnected and I need to re login to connect. I re login and the issue continues again and again. Any ideas?

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account duplicates

Please 🙏 I am tired of the same thing nothing changes I will get control over my podcast and Cash app pay pal and they take it right back I truly know who's doing this wh… (read more)

Please 🙏 I am tired of the same thing nothing changes I will get control over my podcast and Cash app pay pal and they take it right back I truly know who's doing this where do I start

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