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Mozilla Thunderbird

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Jay Nellis
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How do I recover master password in Mozilla Thunderbird? I don't remember ever setting one but now it's asking for it.

How do I recover master password in Mozilla Thunderbird? I don't remember ever setting one but now it's asking for it.

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david
david
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You cannot recover it, but you can remove it. However, doing that erases all user ids and passwords for your email accounts. More info here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/protect-your-thunderbird-passwords-m...