In this article, we discuss how do I export multiple accounts from Thunderbird. In the modern digital world, email is a crucial part of our communication. We use email for our personal and professional use. Email facility is provided by different email clients like Spicebird, Seamonkey, Outlook, Thunderbird, and many more. Thunderbird is one of the popular email clients that offers great functionality and a seamless user interface for the user. But sometimes users want to transfer their account.

Thunderbird is a prominent email client that offers multiple functionality other than just sending and receiving email. It handles multiple accounts simultaneously. It offers a multiple-tab functionality users can open different email tabs to analyze it and manage the calendar to add tasks and also manage contacts.

Primary Reasons to Export Thunderbird Accounts

There are various reasons why user want to export their all accounts to Thunderbird 

Users use the Thunderbird multiple account functionality for different purposes and when they change their device they need to export multiple accounts from Thunderbird.

Sometimes these different accounts have some crucial personal and professional information and user don't want to lose this so, they want their backup.

Some users are in business and legal professions. So, they may need to copy of their email for legal and business purposes. That’s why the need to export all account information from Thunderbird is a necessary process.

Exporting the account facilitated the switching between different email clients. While retaining email history and account details.

When we use multiple accounts it creates a cluster of data in the mailbox which hinders its performance. So, the user exports their account with their whole detail. 

Methods for Export Multiple Accounts from Thunderbird

In this section, we discuss the different methods by which users can export their accounts with the help of professional and manual methods.

Professional Method for Exporting Thunderbird Profiles

We discuss the primary reasons for exporting Thunderbird for different uses. Now, for that, we can use the expert method to complete our task. Here, I use the SysTools Thunderbird Converter which is a popular tool in the industry for handling this type of task and is also preferred by the professional. It is an easy-to-use tool.

Follow the steps to use 

First of all download & install the tool in your system.

Open this Tool in your System.

Click on the Add Folder option from the top left corner.

A new popup is open > Select the Thunderbird from “Select an Email Application”.

Choose “Select file(s)/folder from File System” from right side options

Tap the Next button to proceed.

Browse & navigate to the location of the Thunderbird mailbox and click on the proceed button to add the folder to this tool and export multiple accounts from Thunderbird in different formats

Select the desired email. 

Go to the Export Button. 

Select the desired format from the Export Type options.

Give the destination location where you want to save.

Hit the Export button to start the process.

Some Features of this Tool For Exporting Thunderbird Accounts

This Tool handles Multiple accounts.

Provide multiple export options 

No file size restriction and ability to handle large files.

It gives advance Date Range Filters.

It offers a split option in Thunderbird to PST conversions 

It is compatible with Windows 11 and below versions.

Manual Method to Export Multiple Accounts from Thunderbird Using Add-ons

In this method, we use the free Thunderbird add-on to export our accounts. Here, we use the “ImportExportTools NG” to perform this method.

Follow the steps for This Method

Go to the tools for the menu (if the menu bar is not visible at the top then press Alt).

Select the Add-ons and Themes.

Search for “ImportExportTools NG” > and add to Thunderbird.

Now the ImportExportTools NG is added to your system.

 Right-click on the desired account.

Choose the “ImportExportTools NG” > Click the Export Account <Name of selected account>.

Give the location on the destination folder.

Hit the Select Folder.

Limitations of this Method

This method requires additional add-ons.

It is a repetitive process when the user has multiple accounts.

Export Thunderbird Accounts using Tools Export Options

In this method, we used an export option to export our account into ZIP format.

Follow the steps for this method

Go to the Tools.

Choose the export option.

The new tab is open tap the Export button.

Give the desired file name.

Hit the save button.

Now,  it will export your account in the zip format.

Shortcomings of this Method

It gives a resultant folder in zip format.

Not able to handle the large profile

Conclusion

In the above discussion, we discuss the need to export multiple accounts from Thunderbird and what are the methods that help in this situation.

We discuss both manual and professional methods. Manual methods are time-consuming whereas expert methods are fast easy and provide a hassle-free way to export Thunderbird accounts.