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How do I remove an account without deleting email on my Gmail server?

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Hello,

I entered my email upon opening Thunderbird for the first time. I did not realise it would start downloading my email contents right away. How do I remove my account on Thunderbird without deleting all my emails on Gmail?

I am only using Thunderbird to import old emails from another account, so I don't like the fact it started downloading all my emails...

Thank you for your help!

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Hello, I entered my email upon opening Thunderbird for the first time. I did not realise it would start downloading my email contents right away. How do I remove my account on Thunderbird without deleting all my emails on Gmail? I am only using Thunderbird to import old emails from another account, so I don't like the fact it started downloading all my emails... Thank you for your help! B

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bmichaels said

I entered my email upon opening Thunderbird for the first time. I did not realise it would start downloading my email contents right away. How do I remove my account on Thunderbird without deleting all my emails on Gmail?

Just remove the account from Thunderbird at Options (or Tools) | Account Settings

bmichaels said

I am only using Thunderbird to import old emails from another account, so I don't like the fact it started downloading all my emails...

Why then did you specify the email account? :)

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So if I press "remove account" it will not delete all my emails off of my account? I've read other messages saying that "remove account" deletes everything off of the email server, and I just want to remove everything off my computer, not my email...

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bmichaels said
I entered my email upon opening Thunderbird for the first time. I did not realise it would start downloading my email contents right away. How do I remove my account on Thunderbird without deleting all my emails on Gmail?

Just remove the account from Thunderbird at Options (or Tools) | Account Settings

bmichaels said

I am only using Thunderbird to import old emails from another account, so I don't like the fact it started downloading all my emails...

Why then did you specify the email account? :)

Because I thought I would be prompted whether I want the emails downloaded onto my computer or not. It started downloading all my emails right away.

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bmichaels said

So if I press "remove account" it will not delete all my emails off of my account?

Correct.