How to check thunderbird mail firle location
To check the file location of your Thunderbird mail files, you can follow these steps:
Method 1: Using Thunderbird's Options
- Open Thunderbird and go to Tools > Options.
- In the Options window, click on Advanced.
- In the Advanced window, click on Config Editor.
- In the Config Editor window, search for the following settings:
mail.server.default.imap.servername
mail.server.default.pop3.servername
mail.server.default.smtp.servername
- Note down the values of these settings. They will be in the format of
imap://localhost:143
orsmtp://localhost:25
. Thelocalhost
part indicates the file location of your mail files.
Method 2: Using the Thunderbird Profile Manager
- Open Thunderbird and go to Help > Troubleshooting Information.
- In the Troubleshooting Information window, click on Open Containing Folder.
- This will open the folder that contains your Thunderbird profile. The default location is usually
C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\<ProfileName>
on Windows or~/Library/Application Support/Thunderbird/Profiles/<ProfileName>
on macOS. - Inside this folder, you'll find a subfolder named
Mail
orLocalstore.rdf
. This is where your mail files are stored.
Method 3: Using the Windows Explorer (or macOS Finder)
- Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box.
- Type
%appdata%\Thunderbird\Profiles\<ProfileName>\Mail
and press Enter. Replace<ProfileName>
with the actual name of your Thunderbird profile. - This will open the folder that contains your mail files.
Alternatively, you can use the macOS Finder to navigate to the following location:
~/Library/Application Support/Thunderbird/Profiles/<ProfileName>/Mail
Note: The <ProfileName>
part is the name of your Thunderbird profile, which is usually a random string of characters. If you're not sure what your profile name is, you can check the prefs.js
file in the profile folder for the user_pref("mail.server.default.imap.servername",...)
line, which will contain the profile name.