Importing Emails from Google Takeout into Thunderbird

By Victor Chupov
2 min

Configure the account you are moving messages to in Thunderbird by entering your Name, Email address and Email password and clicking Continue.

Thunderbird should provide you with the proper settings and will ask you to sign into your account via a web login.

To facilitate importing of exported MBOXs, you will need to install the ImportExportTools NG add-on for Thunderbird. To add this, select Tools>Add-ons

Search for ImportExportTools NG. Select Add to Thunderbird. Once installed, restart Thunderbird.

To import MBOXs locally into Thunderbird, select Local Folders in the left-hand pane to highlight it

Select Tools>ImportExportTools NG>Import MBOX files>Import directly one or more MBOX files>Select your exported MBOX file and click Open.

You can select all messages in the imported folder and then drag and drop them to the corresponding folder in your destination account. Repeat these steps for all exported MBOX files.