Profiles - an option to password-protect each profile

[Reda2026]

Regarding profiles creation, I suggest adding an option to password-protect each profile. This would be much better than (about: Profiles), which is also a password-free profile.

[Jon]

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[Jon]

Potentially similar idea here: Master password for user profile 

[okay_okay]

agreed it would be helpful to password protect some profiles

[Toad-Hall]

You can protect your entire computer User Account by using a password to logon to user account. Thunderbird runs in the User Account, so you would need to know the password to user account just to start Thunderbird in that account. this is already available.

However, if you allow people access to your computer AND allow them acess to your User Account, you can set up a 'Master Password' to operate on your Profile.

In that instance it will not stop people seeing emails but it will stop them from seeing any stored passwords. No master password - no access to stored passwords.

A 'Profile' can contain many mail accounts - do not confuse the difference between a mail account and a profile.

If people are sharing same computer and all have access to same user account, then different people should have their own profile to contain their own mail accounts. When you start up Thundrebird, the shortcut should be configured to open the 'Profile Manager' where the desired 'profile name' can be selected.  If all users have own 'Profile', they can already set up the 'Master Password' to operate on their entire profile protecting the various stored passwords to their mail accounts. 

Obviously the best approach is for each user on same computer to have their own User Account login with own password. Then no one sees each others emails as Profiles are stored specifically within a computer User Account.

[Saturnin]

You just have to click on “Cancel” to bypass the master password protection… not very secure.
I would like this protection to prevent Firefox from being used with my profile.
My computer is shared with other users, with whom company data is shared without any issue.
I simply want to protect my personal browsing profile.