Change the Edition/Version of your Thunderbird Installation or Keep Any Two Versions Running Together!
- Old Versions Of Mozilla Thunderbird
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- Old Versions Of Thunderbird
Thunderbird is being constantly updated by a large community, since it is open-source. Thousands of add-ons are also constantly updated to allow for greater functionality. This is almost always good for the users, since it adds new features, improves performance, and remove bugs from previous users.
Old Versions Of Mozilla Thunderbird
- The current version is 2.6, as at Thunderbird 24.01 release. On 11 October 2006, Qualcomm and the Mozilla Foundation announced that 'future versions of Eudora will be based upon the same technology platform as the open source Mozilla Thunderbird email program.'
- Index of /pub/thunderbird/releases/ Type Name Size Last Modified; Dir. Dir: 0.1/ Dir: 0.2/ Dir: 0.3/ Dir: 0.4/ Dir: 0.5/ Dir: 0.6/.
Mozilla Thunderbird, the free open-source email program Built by the makers of the Firefox browser, has recently undergone a number of important revisions, and is actualy available as Thunderbird 3.0 RC1 which stands for Release Candidate 1, meaning that this version of Thunderbird 3 is designed for testing, and may also got some bugs, so you are advised no to use it in production environments.
But it also has a drawback. It can often introduce new problems or changes that a you may not like. In those cases, you can go back to the older version of Thunderbird. You can also keep running your latest version and any other version you choose to run.
How to Go Back to the Older Version of Thunderbird
It’s not that hard. Here’s a simple tutorial to do that:
- First, let’s get it clear that there are two parts of Thunderbird files. 1.) The installation files for the software program of Thunderbird. 2.) Profile or database files that contain your emails or contacts. So uninstall Thunderbird doesn’t delete the profile, but it’s still a good idea to keep a backup in case something went wrong.
- Turn off automatic updates from Tools –> Options –> Advanced –> Update
- Now, uninstall your current Thunderbird version.
- Download the setup for the version that you want (preferably the one that was before Thunderbird update) here – https://releases.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/.
- Choose your operating system.
- Install it from the setup file like a regular installation. Use the same location like the last one.
- Once, Thunderbird is installed, launch it.
- Thunderbird will automatically pick up your profiles (from the ones you uninstalled). If it doesn’t, it will create a new one and then you can later add your main profile manually.
- This may affect your add-ons, as some of the add-ons may not be compatible with the version you chose to install.
If you want to keep both versions of Thunderbird running (Latest and older releases), do not uninstall the latest version of Thunderbird. Simply download the release you want from the link above and install it in a different directory. This will give you two installations of Thunderbird of different releases.
Doing so is especially helpful in finding out if any problems you are facing is due to the latest release or some other factors are in play. If your older version is working fine, but the latest one is not, it’s likely that the recent updates caused some problems.
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Older versions of Thunderbird Portable
It's not uncommon for the latest version of an app to cause problems when installed on older smartphones. Sometimes newer versions of apps may not work with your device due to system incompatibilities. Until the app developer has fixed the problem, try using an older version of the app. If you need a rollback of Thunderbird Portable, check out the app's version history on Uptodown. It includes all the file versions available to download off Uptodown for that app. Download rollbacks of Thunderbird Portable for Windows. Any version of Thunderbird Portable distributed on Uptodown is completely virus-free and free to download at no cost.78.3.2 Oct 9th, 2020
60.9.1 Feb 20th, 2020
24.1.1 Nov 20th, 2013
17.0.8 Aug 7th, 2013
17.0.6 May 15th, 2013
17.0 Nov 20th, 2012
15.0 Aug 29th, 2012
12.0.1 May 2nd, 2012
Thunderbird Release Notes
11.0.1 Apr 12th, 2012
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9.0.1 Dec 25th, 2011