Knowledge base

1000 FAQs, 500 tutorials and instructional videos. Here, there are only solutions!

Update the password in Thunderbird

Update 09/01/2026

This guide explains how to update the password for a mail address on your device after you have changed it from an Infomaniak Mail Service.

 

Introduction

 

Accessing the password menu

To do this:

  1. Open the Thunderbird email client.
  2. Click on the menu icon in the top right corner.
  3. Click on Preferences:
  4. Click on Privacy & Security in the left-hand menu.
  5. Click on Saved Passwords:
  6. Click on Show passwords in the bottom right corner.
  7. Double-click on the password associated with the email address (IMAP and possibly SMTP if necessary), and enter the new password:

Has this FAQ been helpful?