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I need to retrieve my trash "Do You want to empty"

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jtait1
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After reading email and I go to empty trash, there is a tab that comes to say "are you sure that you want to empty trash" I am not sure what happened when I closed Thunderbird but now when I empty trash that tab does not come up any more. How to get it back as sometimes I empty my trash in error. Thanks

After reading email and I go to empty trash, there is a tab that comes to say "are you sure that you want to empty trash" I am not sure what happened when I closed Thunderbird but now when I empty trash that tab does not come up any more. How to get it back as sometimes I empty my trash in error. Thanks

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Tools > Options > Advanced> General tab or menu icon > Options > Options > Advanced> General tab

  • click on 'Config editor' button

it will tell you to be careful :)

  • in top search type: trash
  • look for this line: mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain; true
  • Double click to toggle 'true' to 'false' or right click on line and select 'Toggle'
  • Close config editor - top right X
  • click on OK to save changes in Options.
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Toad-Hall
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Chosen Solution

Tools > Options > Advanced> General tab or menu icon > Options > Options > Advanced> General tab

  • click on 'Config editor' button

it will tell you to be careful :)

  • in top search type: trash
  • look for this line: mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain; true
  • Double click to toggle 'true' to 'false' or right click on line and select 'Toggle'
  • Close config editor - top right X
  • click on OK to save changes in Options.
jtait1
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Thanks for help and it worked.