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How to disable chat history in Mozilla Thunderbird?

Chat is a wonderful feature in Mozilla Thunderbird. But where is the option for removing chat history?

Solution

  • First note that it's a proven bug in Mozilla Thunderbird 38.2.0:

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=788145

    So there would be a patch later from Mozilla and this is a temporary workaround. Now back to the hack:

    1- Press Alt and go to the Tools > Options > Advanced > General

    2- Click "Config Editor" button then click I'll be careful, I promise! to proceed.

    3- Set the values of these keys to false:

    purple.logging.log_chats

purple.logging.log_ims

purple.logging.log_system

    4- Close the Config Editor and Options window

    5- Browse to the path below and remove all the folders except .system

    C:\Users\YOUR_WINDOWS_USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\SOME_HASH_CODE.default\logs\YOUR_CHAT_PROVIDER\YOUR_CHAT_ACCOUNT

    6- Now remove your chat account from Mozilla Thunderbird and add it again.

    7- Everything should be OK now.