Uninstalling the Thunderbird Email Client


Overview


Learn how to uninstall the Thunderbird email client for both Windows and Mac.

Critical Concepts


Steps to Take


For Mac

  1. Open Finder and navigate to the Applications folder. 
  2. In the Applications folder, right-click (ctrl + click) Thunderbird.app. 
  3. Select Move to Trash.
  4. In your user Library, right-click (ctrl + click) the Thunderbird folder. 
  5. Select Move to Trash.

For Windows

  1. Go to This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files

    Gif: Navigating to Program Files in your folders

  2.  Find your "Mozilla Thunderbird" folder
  3. Within your folder, find "Uninstall" and click 

    Gif: finding uninstall folder for Thunderbird

  4. Click "helper.exe" to uninstall Thunderbird

    Gif: finding exe to uninstall

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