Windows 10 reached EOS (end of support) on October 14, 2025. If you are on Windows 10, see this article.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More
Open

Problem signing in with Thunderbird and Oauth2

Thunderbird Passwords and sign in
Matt replied 20 uair ó shin
SafeTex
SafeTex

Hello Due to a massive cluster**k this morning, I changed my password by accident I think I've now got everything working again, except that Thunderbird cannot sign in to my Google Account What I don't understand is that I have a password with normal and special characters and numbers, but the Oauth2 password is very different of course How do I know what to change my Oauth2 password too? Or perhaps the question should be how do I now generate a new one that goes with my new "normal" password Thanks in advance for any help

Hello Due to a massive cluster**k this morning, I changed my password by accident I think I've now got everything working again, except that Thunderbird cannot sign in to my Google Account What I don't understand is that I have a password with normal and special characters and numbers, but the Oauth2 password is very different of course How do I know what to change my Oauth2 password too? Or perhaps the question should be how do I now generate a new one that goes with my new "normal" password Thanks in advance for any help

All Replies (1)

Matt
Matt
  • Rannpháirtí Barr-25

If google want you to reauthorize your oauth connection they will cause a webpage to load asking you to allow Thunderbird access. You never ever do anything with the saved oauth token (it is not a user password) except delete it. That will force a re-authentication. Note that webpage in recent versions of Thunderbird loads in your default web browser for apparently all providers but yahoo. Having a prompt open in the browser can also prevent Thunderbird from getting mail on any account as I found out a few days ago.

Cuir ceist

You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet.