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Finder and deleting old Mac Thunderbird emails

Finder and deleting old Mac Thunderbird emails

I have deleted a handful of old email accounts in Thunderbird. But, I forgot to always check the checkbox to remove the associated emails.

Now, I am asked to compress the emails, which are ~275 GB.

Is there a way to find these folders and delete them manually?

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curiouswebster

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I do not have access to my Mac ATM. Will I be able to put the entire folder into the trash? Will the folder name contain the email address?

serialband

Sort of. It depends on how you name the account in Thunderbird.

curiouswebster

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In Finder, I do not see:

~/Library/Thunderbird/

Is there a way to view this to reveal hidden folders? Or, is there another place it might be?

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Thanks.

I found many accounts, and I suspect a lot of them are ancient history. But I do not know how to match the files with the email address. That's the only way I know how to match them with current or deleted email accounts.

imap.gmail-1.com            imap.gmail-8.com            imap.zoho.com                  secure.emailsrvr-2.com
imap.gmail-1.com.msf            imap.gmail-8.com.msf            imap.zoho.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-2.com.msf
imap.gmail-10.com            imap.gmail-9.com            p06-imap.mail.me.com            secure.emailsrvr-3.com
imap.gmail-10.com.msf            imap.gmail-9.com.msf            p06-imap.mail.me.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr-3.com.msf
imap.gmail-11.com.msf            imap.gmail.com                  secure.emailsrvr-1.com            secure.emailsrvr-4.com
imap.gmail-12.com            imap.gmail.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-1.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr-4.com.msf
imap.gmail-12.com.msf            imap.mail.me.com            secure.emailsrvr-10.com            secure.emailsrvr-5.com
imap.gmail-13.com.msf            imap.mail.me.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-10.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr-5.com.msf
imap.gmail-2.com            imap.secureserver.net.msf      secure.emailsrvr-11.com            secure.emailsrvr-6.com
imap.gmail-2.com.msf            imap.zoho-1.com                  secure.emailsrvr-11.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr-6.com.msf
imap.gmail-3.com            imap.zoho-1.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-12.com            secure.emailsrvr-7.com
imap.gmail-3.com.msf            imap.zoho-2.com                  secure.emailsrvr-12.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr-7.com.msf
imap.gmail-4.com            imap.zoho-2.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-13.com            secure.emailsrvr-8.com
imap.gmail-4.com.msf            imap.zoho-3.com                  secure.emailsrvr-13.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr-8.com.msf
imap.gmail-5.com.msf            imap.zoho-3.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-14.com            secure.emailsrvr-9.com
imap.gmail-6.com.msf            imap.zoho-4.com                  secure.emailsrvr-14.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr-9.com.msf
imap.gmail-7.com            imap.zoho-4.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-15.com            secure.emailsrvr.com
imap.gmail-7.com.msf            imap.zoho-5.com.msf            secure.emailsrvr-15.com.msf      secure.emailsrvr.com.msf

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thanks