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Can a contact address that has been deleted from Thunderbird address book be recovered

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davidandshirleysmith
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I have accidentally deleted a contact address from Thunderbird addrerss book. Can it be recovered?

I have accidentally deleted a contact address from Thunderbird addrerss book. Can it be recovered?

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david
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Sorry. There is not identified function that does that. However, this works: - exit thunderbird - access profile - open abook.sqlite with notepad the content isn't readable but with edit>find you can type in the name and you can find the email address embedded within the content. It's a little dirty, but it does work. Do NOT save anything or you will corrupt the addressbook.