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Thunderbird Portable Too Heavy.

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Hello, I normally use the installed version of Thunderbird. As I have a few email addresses and like the convenience of being able to take Thunderbird with me when I travel, I also have a portable version. The problem is that it is very heavy on my flash-drive (1.6gig).

Is there a way to eliminate the folders, keep the email accounts and retrieve the folders later on the Portable version? That way I still have the accounts on Thunderbird Portable and when I get where I am going I can just repopulate the folders.

Unsubscribe would be perfect, but rather than canceling the folders within Thunderbird it actually unsubscribes from Google Mail and when I get back to my computer based Thunderbird the folders are unsubscribed there as well. Any ideas?

Hello, I normally use the installed version of Thunderbird. As I have a few email addresses and like the convenience of being able to take Thunderbird with me when I travel, I also have a portable version. The problem is that it is very heavy on my flash-drive (1.6gig). Is there a way to eliminate the folders, keep the email accounts and retrieve the folders later on the Portable version? That way I still have the accounts on Thunderbird Portable and when I get where I am going I can just repopulate the folders. Unsubscribe would be perfect, but rather than canceling the folders within Thunderbird it actually unsubscribes from Google Mail and when I get back to my computer based Thunderbird the folders are unsubscribed there as well. Any ideas?

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Have a look at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/imap-synchronization#w_disk-space-usage

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user01229325
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You could ask the people at portable apps. They support the portable version. https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable

brlouis
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The problem isn't that it is portable. I need a way to remove the folders from a particular instance of Thunderbird without having gmail unsubscribe me so I can still get them on a different instance of Thunderbird. It needs to be done within Thunderbird.

user01229325
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Thunderbird portable is an app developed by portable apps. It is not supported in this forum. Follow the link provided and ask in their forum.

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Have a look at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/imap-synchronization#w_disk-space-usage