Remove those folders in "Unread Folders" when they are not "unread" anymore.

[User4711]

Hello,

have another suggestion:

Remove those folders in "Unread Folders" when they are not "unread" anymore with an option weather to do it automatically or after clicking a button.

Why? Because if you don't restart Thunderbird often, you have nearly all accounts as folders with mostly read folders.

Cheers

[Jon]

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[godzinilla]

It should work this way by default, not by a users request tbh... +1.

[SewHelpMe]

My "Unread" folders list just keeps growing and growing since I don't turn of my computer or restart it unless there's an update requiring this. Needles to say, I also don't close and reopen my email client, Thunderbird, either. This really is a messy solution having to remember to shut down and reopen the app each day or even multiple times during the day, because it fills up so fast. I really wish there was at least a button I could push, or a hotkey, like F12, to clean it up periodically if not done automatically.

[SewHelpMe]

I found a temporary work around. I installed a 3rd party utility called AutoHotKey.

With the help of ChatGPT, I was able to create a script with the following contents:

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#HotIf WinActive("ahk_exe thunderbird.exe")
F12:: {
Send("!v") ; Alt+V opens View menu
Sleep 50
Send("f") ; 'f' opens Folders submenu
Sleep 50
Send("n") ; 'n' selects Unread Folders
Send("{Esc}")
Send("{Esc}")
}
#HotIf

I then added a shortcut to my Startup to run this script when my computer reboots/restarts so it's always available.

Then, when I'm in Thunderbird, I simply press the F12 key to disable, and again to enable, "Unread Folders." This causes Thunderbird to remove the read folders from the list.

Maybe not the cleanest solution, but I prefer it over having nothing or having to exit and restart my Thunderbird application.