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It is better to back up data at a new computer or an external hard drive and avoid accidental deletion of emails, where it is easy to recover it from another location. Therefore, this blog will explain methods for Thunderbird email backup and restore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla Thunderbird is a Microsoft Outlook-like open-source desktop email client that enables you to send and receive mail from one or more email accounts. It provides tools for the productivity of businesses such as calendars and task lists. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sysinfotools.com\/demo-version\/SysInfoTools-MBOX-Converter.exe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mailconvertertools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/win-download-btn-1-300x62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1067\" style=\"width:205px;height:42px\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sysinfotools.com\/demo-version\/Sysinfo-MBOX-Exporter-for-mac.dmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mailconvertertools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mac-download-btn-300x62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1068\" style=\"width:207px;height:43px\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now\nlet us begin with the process to export Thunderbird emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Backup Thunderbird Data Manually?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#1. Backup Thunderbird Emails to the External Hard Drive <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Locating\nthe profile folder is appropriate. In a different directory, Thunderbird stores\nclient information from the installation directory. You can easily locate,\nhowever, and then copy, save, and export files such as email contacts, and\nmedia files. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copied Files can be found in the profile directory by-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clicking &#8220;Help&#8221;>>&#8221;Problem resolution&#8221;<\/strong> from the main menu. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hit the &#8220;Display Folders&#8221; button on the first tab that appears and this opens a dialog box that allows you to explore resources in the directory of profiles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data\" rel=\"nofollow\">locate the folder<\/a> and close Thunderbird.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, copy all the content and save it in any CD or removable storage device (USB, Smart Card, NAS, etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By this, you can restore all related data into another location.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If a new Thunderbird is installed on the machine then you can overwrite the profile. If profile names are the same then you can overwrite the profile made by the new Thunderbird installation with those saved and copied files. Otherwise, the whole content of the profile folder may be overwritten, but not the profile folder itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#2 Backup data By creating Thunderbird Archive\/Zip Folder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before\nstarting the process, you must have Thunderbird installed in the system. Then\nfollow the below steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Initially, open up Start Menu or<br>Windows Explorer and search to %appdata%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then the full path will show as <strong>C:\\Users\\username\\Appdata\\Roaming<\/strong>\u00a0 on most Windows installations. Find the<br>Thunderbird folder by scroll down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the AppData folder not shown on<br>your system then go to Folder Options and Show Hidden Files, Folder and Drives<br>should be unchecked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then go to the Thunderbird folder,<br>do a right-click on it and select <strong>Send<br>to >> Compressed (zipped) folder.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait a few minutes to copy and<br>compress your Thunderbird folder into a zip archive. Your original folder<br>remains at its location, and the zip file is just a copy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally,\nyou&#8217;ve fully backup Thunderbird data!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#3 Copy Thunderbird Emails to New computer By Windows Backup Utility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Windows Backup and Windows easy transfer enable you to make secure copies of data or to migrate these data to a new Windows installation using simple guided procedures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Windows Backup:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select\nthe default settings in the first dialogue box and choose the Thunderbird\ndirectory, or customize the items to be exported and provide the backup\ndestination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Windows Transfer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose\nyour account go to the Thunderbird directory and put the cursor on it and click\non Save. Hence Thunderbird backup file created by the above steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#4.&nbsp; Move Email from Thunderbird to Gmail<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You must <strong>first send the Thunderbird folders<\/strong> to your <strong>Gmail <\/strong>account to use this method, then synchronize them later on a new installation of the mail client.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To do this, you need to have a <strong>Gmail account<\/strong>, of course, and <strong>configure <\/strong>it on the computer&#8217;s Thunderbird client where the data is stored. Make sure that instead of <strong>POP3<\/strong>, the account you just set up can use the <strong>IMAP <\/strong>protocol.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create subfolders in Thunderbird, for each of the message folders you want to <strong>save\/transfer to Gmail <\/strong>in the Gmail account that you just set up. Thus, Gmail will create an identical folder remotely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit the folder that you want to save on Thunderbird and pick the current emails, right-click and select &#8220;Copy to&#8221; from the pop-up menu, then choose the destination folder in the Gmail account. Along with copying the messages to the new folder, they will also be copied in the online Gmail backup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you want to restore the emails on Thunderbird&#8217;s new installation, simply create the same Gmail account on the installation of the new mail client and each time a new folder is opened, it will synchronize with the folder of the same name on Gmail and thus with the online copy of the related mail messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These all are the manual procedures for Thunderbird email backup and restore. Follow any of the methods of your choice. While using these manual methods there may be chances of data loss or corruption. So, for that situation use <strong>MBOX file Recovery<\/strong> to recover corrupted MBOX files and after that files can be saved into a new file.<br><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final Thoughts!!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We have discussed all the possible methods to copy\/backup Thunderbird data on another drive or computer successfully. Also, we have mentioned a tool to recover corrupted data if occurs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every user wants to backup Thunderbird all data, including emails, contacts, etc., to protect data from data loss. 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