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Delete attachments Thunderbird has opened.

Thunderbird Attachments
Mapenzi replied
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KB Ontario

Where does Thunderbird put attachments that I open (say a PDF I opened)? Sometimes these documents are sensitive and I want to assure any temporary copies are deleted, either manually but preferably automatically

Will setting "browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit" to "True" help?

Thank you.

Where does Thunderbird put attachments that I open (say a PDF I opened)? Sometimes these documents are sensitive and I want to assure any temporary copies are deleted, either manually but preferably automatically Will setting "browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit" to "True" help? Thank you.

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Mapenzi
Mapenzi
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It is an old bug of the macOS version to automatically save opened attachments on the Desktop https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238789 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1387292

Setting the preference "browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit" to "True" is a good workaround: all those attachments scattered on your desktop disappear when you quit Thunderbird.

Eleven years ago I described a more elegant solution in this discussion in the MozillaZine forum https://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2948591

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