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Locate the backed up profile folder on your hard drive or backup medium (e.g., your USB-stick).Note: If you just installed Thunderbird on a new computer, you can use the default profile that is automatically created when you first run Thunderbird, instead of creating a new profile. If your existing profile folder and profile backup folder have the same name, simply replace the existing profile folder with the profile backup, then start Thunderbird.

a USB-stick or a blank CD-RW disc), and select Paste item.

Right-click Hold down the Ctrl key while you click the backup location (e.g.

Right-click Hold down the Ctrl key while you click on your profile folder (e.g.

to %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\ ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/ ~/.mozilla/Thunderbird/

Go to one level above your profile's folder, i.e.

Locate your profile folder, as explained above.

To back up your profile, first close Thunderbird if it is open and then copy the profile folder to another location. If you only have one profile, its folder would have "default" in the name. Your profile folder is within this folder.

Click the View menu and select Show Hidden Files if it isn't already checked.

(Ubuntu) Click the Places menu on the top right of the screen and select Home Folder.

The location of the folder will vary according to the operating system (and whether or not you specified a non-default location when you created the profile): where "" is eight digits randomly generated by Thunderbird and "" is the name you assigned to the profile. The folder is named using the following convention: It also means that you don't have to reinstall Thunderbird in order to delete your information or troubleshoot a problem.Įach profile is stored on your hard drive in a profile folder.

Mail profiles in windows 10 update#

Because we store profile and program files separately, you can uninstall Thunderbird without losing your messages and settings, and if something goes wrong with a Thunderbird update your information will still be available.

Mail profiles in windows 10 upgrade#

The program files are static and do not change (except when you upgrade the Thunderbird application version). Profile files are stored separately from the Thunderbird program files. This profile will be used automatically unless you invoke the Profile Manager and create a new profile.

Mail profiles in windows 10 install#

When you install Thunderbird it creates a profile called "default". Second, it stores any changes you make while using Thunderbird (for example, changes to account settings and changes to the toolbar). First, it stores your local mail, and possibly copies of messages that reside on the mail server (depending on your account configuration). In Thunderbird, the profile stores two main sets of items.

3.1 Finding your profile without opening Thunderbird.