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Empty Trash Confirmation

Lawrence Lattuca
Lawrence Lattuca
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I have several email accounts linked in Thunderbird. All, but one (Gmail), displays a confirmation screen when I attempt to empty the trash folder. How do I turn on the Empty Trash Confirmation for Gmail?

Note: When the Empty Trash Confirmation is displayed there is a checkbox to "Don't Ask Me Again". I may have accidentally clicked this dialog box for my Gmail Trash Folder but I can't find how to bring back the Confirmation.

Thank you for your help!!

I have several email accounts linked in Thunderbird. All, but one (Gmail), displays a confirmation screen when I attempt to empty the trash folder. How do I turn on the Empty Trash Confirmation for Gmail? Note: When the Empty Trash Confirmation is displayed there is a checkbox to "Don't Ask Me Again". I may have accidentally clicked this dialog box for my Gmail Trash Folder but I can't find how to bring back the Confirmation. Thank you for your help!!
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The preference mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain applies to all Trash folders. Settings/General, Config. editor to toggle it to false (default) if you checked the box.

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sfhowes
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Suluhisho teule

The preference mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain applies to all Trash folders. Settings/General, Config. editor to toggle it to false (default) if you checked the box.

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Lawrence Lattuca
Lawrence Lattuca Mwenye swali
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Thank you very very much for your reply - it worked perfectly!!

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