ATTENTION:
Compacting folders in
Thunderbird means that all the messages you have previously deleted
from those folders are now permanently deleted
from the hard disk and cannot be retrieved again. Keep this in mind when using this
extension.
ATTENTION:
Be careful when you use the functionality for
emptying the junk folders. It is not the same as emptying the trash folder, in the sense
that messages are deleted on purpose, whereas your spam filter may put useful (non-spam)
emails in the junk folder, so emptying this folder will cause you to lose those emails.
Xpunge has all the junk features turned off by default to avoid accidents. Please
enable and use the junk functionality at your own risk.
ATTENTION:
Thunderbird may identify more than one folders in
an account as storing junk messages, which is why Junk as used in Xpunge,
is a generic term and does not just refer to a folder named "Junk". This means that
when you select to empty the Junk of an account in any of the Xpunge options, you instruct
Xpunge to empty all the folders of that account that are identified as junk folders.
For example, if you set up a Gmail IMAP account where the junk folder is called "Spam" and
you also change the settings of that account in Thunderbird to move new junk messages to a
folder called "Junk", both folders will be emptied if you enable
emptying the Junk for that account in Xpunge.
This is the most recent stable release of Xpunge.
If you are using the default Thunderbird theme or one with
the same icon sizes (16x16 and 24x24 pixels), please download Xpunge from
the Thunderbird Addons site.
I am not hosting this file here anymore, as there is really no need to, plus the Thunderbird Addons
site offers proper compatibility updates with each Thunderbird version that comes out.
If you are using a Thunderbird theme with different icon sizes, I am hosting here a couple of
alternative versions with slightly different icons, so you have the option to download the file
that best fits your current theme.
To install one of these versions, download the xpi file on your computer, open the
Add-ons Manager in Thunderbird ("Add-ons and Themes" menu entry), and select the "Install Add-on From File..."
entry from the cogwheel drop-down menu.
Note that if you have installed or will install Xpunge from this site instead of Thunderbird Addons,
you will not be able to automatically update Xpunge. So checking for an available update of
Xpunge from the addons page in Thunderbird will no longer report any updates. You will have to
periodically monitor this page or the Xpunge page on Thunderbird Addons yourselves to see if any
updates are available and then manually download and install the corresponding xpi file from
this site.
COMPATIBILITY NOTES:
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NOTE (last updated: August 2024): Thanks to the work of another developer, a version of Xpunge for TB 128 is currently being prepared. A release date has not been set yet, current estimate is the second half of September. I will provide more details closer to the release.
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Thunderbird 115 introduced changes that broke the compatibility of Xpunge. For Thunderbird 102 & 91, please install Xpunge version 3.0.0. For Thunderbird 78, please install Xpunge version 2.1.1.
For older versions of Thunderbird, please install Xpunge 1.0.0 or older.
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The options (preferences) page of Xpunge is now available through the wrench icon in the Extensions tab of the Add-ons Manager (accessible through the "Add-ons and Themes" menu entry).
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Some users have reported an issue in Thunderbird 102, where email accounts are "forgotten" in the preferences of "MultiXpunge", so they are no longer being compacted or their trash/junk emptied. After upgrading to Thunderbird 102, please double check your current setup in all tabs of the preferences page of Xpunge. If your accounts/folders are still not processed by Xpunge, try reconfiguring Xpunge, by removing all your accounts/folders from the setup of Xpunge and adding them again.
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Some users have reported an issue in Thunderbird 91, where they install Xpunge 3.0.0 but MultiXpunge still does not work, with an error about "fixIterator" appearing in the Error Console. This seems to be an issue with Thunderbird 91 caching and using Xpunge 2.1.1, even though 3.0.0 is installed. Disabling and enabling Xpunge 3.0.0 again might solve the issue.
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Support for legacy extensions like Xpunge was removed in Thunderbird 78, which means that Xpunge has to be ported to a MailExtension. This is an ongoing process. Due to limitations imposed by MailExtensions, Xpunge can add only one button in Thunderbird. So one of the two buttons provided by Xpunge in previous versions (called "Xpunge") is not available from version 2.1.0 onwards. You can invoke the functionality that used to be offered by that button through the sub-menu called "Xpunge" under Thunderbird's Menu Bar "Tools" menu (Menu Bar → Tools → Xpunge → Xpunge → Call Xpunge Now). The "MultiXpunge" button is still available.
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Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja), Russian (ru). |
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xpunge-4.0.2-16_24.xpi (@ Thunderbird Addons) : Tested on Linux, with icon sizes of 24x24 (large) and 16x16 (small) pixels. Download this version if you are using the default Thunderbird theme on Linux or MS Windows.
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xpunge-4.0.2-20_30.xpi : Tested on Linux, with icon sizes of 30x30 (large) and 20x20 (small) pixels.
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xpunge-4.0.2-24_32.xpi : Tested on Linux, with icon sizes of 32x32 (large) and 24x24 (small) pixels. Download this version if you are using the default Thunderbird theme on Mac OSX.
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Xpunge is an extension
that allows the user to empty the trash and junk folders, and compact folders in multiple
Thunderbird accounts with a single action.
Thunderbird offers these two operations only for a single account and through separate
entries either in the File
menu ("File → Empty Trash" or "File → Compact Folders") or in the context menu
("Right-Click → Empty Trash" or "Right-Click → Empty Junk" or "Right-Click → Compact").
When multiple accounts are set up,
repeating the same steps for each account can become quite tedious. This is where
Xpunge comes in, combining the two actions (emptying the trash/junk folders and compacting folders)
in the convenience of a single button. It actually offers two new buttons that can be added to the main Thunderbird toolbar,
one used to process a single account and one used to simultaneously process multiple
accounts, all done with just a single mouse click in each case. The same functionality is also
available through an "Xpunge" menu added to Thunderbird's Menu Bar "Tools" menu.
Moreover, there is a separately configurable timer feature that allows processing of multiple accounts
to be done automatically at a specific time every day and at regular intervals from the
time Thunderbird is started.
Xpunge works on all types of Thunderbird accounts, including IMAP email accounts.