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controlling destination of deleted messages

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When I delete a message from my inbox, it goes into IMAP Gmail trash rather than the trash folder under my Thunderbird account. I would prefer it go into the trash folder under my account. How to make that happen?

When I delete a message from my inbox, it goes into IMAP Gmail trash rather than the trash folder under my Thunderbird account. I would prefer it go into the trash folder under my account. How to make that happen?

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On account settings for that email account you should be able to set where to "go" deleted messages. Isn't that working?

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Gmail works a bit differently from other providers. You can follow their recommendations, or set deletions to a specific folder, which might have unintended effects. See the Labels section here.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1304356