Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

How can I stop annoying Thunderbird Backup?

  • 1 reply
  • 2 have this problem
  • 8 views
  • Last reply by Toad-Hall

wf56
wf56
more options

When I try to shut down my computer, Thunderbird halts the process to initiate a backup first. The backup file is labeled fuvwfixd.default-2021... This can take a long time. I must have set up a backup schedule somewhere. Thunderbird does not seem to have a backup scheduler. I want to switch to manual backups. I am on a Mac running OS Monterey 12.6.

When I try to shut down my computer, Thunderbird halts the process to initiate a backup first. The backup file is labeled fuvwfixd.default-2021... This can take a long time. I must have set up a backup schedule somewhere. Thunderbird does not seem to have a backup scheduler. I want to switch to manual backups. I am on a Mac running OS Monterey 12.6.

All Replies (1)

Toad-Hall
Toad-Hall
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

Thunderbird does not any auto backups.

Have you ever used MozBackup? I would not advise using Mozbackup program as it is out of date and has not been maintained for well over a decade. Even the author advises do so at own risk as it has bugs. Maybe you installed it a while ago and it is still creating backups.

Perhaps you have installed 'ImportExportTools NG' ? that can create backups with 'folder name +date' - which sounds like your description. That addon does have a 'Backup Scheduling'. In Menu icon > Addons an Themes > Extensions Locate 'ImportExportTools NG' and click on the spanner/wrench icon select the 'Backup Scheduling' tab Check the settings to see if you set up something.