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'profile name' folder is usually called 'fault' where the x's are letters and numbers. Saving Thunderbird contacts to vCard and CSV is well explained in this video. The next step is to Select/Deselect the folders to be backed up. BitRecover Data Recovery Get to know how to backup contacts from Mozilla Thunderbird to vCard, CSV, etc. You can create according to your own convenience. This is a way of selective email backup and recovery. In the next step, you are going to choose the folders that you want to back up. You can just backup the 'profile name' folder, but I suggest you backup the 'Thunderbird' folder because it also contains your 'profiles.ini' file and makes it easier to reinstall the whole lot if necessary.Ĭ:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\ \ In this case, select Mozilla Thunderbird. To make backup of everything, profiles.ini, preferences, emails, address books, filters etc etcĬopy the 'Thunderbird' folder which is in the 'Roaming' folder to external hardrive.

If you use imap mail account then you need to make sure you have downloaded full copies of emails so they get stored in mbox files. If you use a pop mail account then emails are already stored in mbox files in your profile.