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I can't delete any emails from my inbox.

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I haven't changed anything in settings, and have already closed, reopened Thunderbird, and even shut down and restarted my computer, but nothing helps.

I haven't changed anything in settings, and have already closed, reopened Thunderbird, and even shut down and restarted my computer, but nothing helps.

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Yes, I just tried it, I can :). Thanks!

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Try this: Move all good emails out of Inbox into another suitable folder. Delete all unwanted emails.

then right click on Inbox and select 'compact'

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I still can't delete any messages from my inbox. I was able to empty it, but I had to move all my messages to an archive folder, then move the ones back to my inbox that I wanted to keep, then I could delete the archive folder.

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Can you move messages to the trash using the File button? I do that all the time because it does not change the status of the message.

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Yes, I just tried it, I can :). Thanks!