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How do I stop the yellow dot from appearing on the left of new messages?

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Have just updated Thunderbird and now for each new message in the inbox, there is a yellow dot on the left. How do I stop the yellow dot from appearing on the left of new messages?

Have just updated Thunderbird and now for each new message in the inbox, there is a yellow dot on the left. How do I stop the yellow dot from appearing on the left of new messages?

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Hide the Read column by right-clicking any column button and unchecking the unwanted columns.

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The read option was already unchecked in the column. Tried checking and then unchecking it but that did not work.

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In the column selector dialog, select 'Restore column order' and see if you can then deselect the Read column. Or, open a different folder that doesn't have the Read column, then in the selector dialog, 'Applyy columns to' and select the original folder.

Finally, if none of that works, right-click the folder, Properties, Repair Folder.