How to delete mail from server thunderbird
To delete emails from the server in Thunderbird, you can follow these steps:
Method 1: Delete emails from the server using the "Expunge" feature
- Open Thunderbird and go to the "Account Settings" window by clicking on "Tools" > "Account Settings" or pressing
Ctrl + Shift + A
. - Select the account you want to delete emails from the server for.
- Click on the "Server Settings" button.
- Scroll down to the "Delete" section.
- Check the box next to "Expunge deleted messages from server" to enable this feature.
- Click "OK" to save the changes.
Now, when you delete an email in Thunderbird, it will also be deleted from the server.
Method 2: Delete emails from the server using the "Delete" menu
- Select the email you want to delete from the server.
- Right-click on the selected email and choose "Delete" from the context menu.
- Confirm that you want to delete the email by clicking "OK" in the pop-up dialog box.
- Thunderbird will then delete the email from the server.
Method 3: Delete all emails from the server using the "Compact" feature
- Open Thunderbird and go to the "Account Settings" window by clicking on "Tools" > "Account Settings" or pressing
Ctrl + Shift + A
. - Select the account you want to delete emails from the server for.
- Click on the "Server Settings" button.
- Scroll down to the "Compact" section.
- Click on the "Compact Folders" button.
- Thunderbird will then delete all emails from the server that are marked as deleted.
Note: Before deleting emails from the server, make sure you have backed up your emails to a local storage device, such as an external hard drive or cloud storage service, in case you need to recover them later.