

Uncheck any folders that you don't want to display in Thunderbird. To configure folder display, right-click on the account name and select Subscribe. By default, all Gmail folders are displayed, as described above. You can configure which Gmail folders you want to display in Thunderbird. Subscribing to or unsubscribing from folders (labels) (See Priority Inbox overview for more details about this Gmail feature.)

Similarly, if you move a message to a folder in Thunderbird, Gmail will create a label with the folder name and assign it to the message. When you apply a label to a message in Gmail, Thunderbird creates a folder with the same name as the label and stores the message in that folder. In this implementation, Gmail labels become Thunderbird folders. Gmail uses a special implementation of IMAP. Subscribing to folders and synchronizing messages Understanding Gmail labels and Thunderbird folders The Archive options… button is disabled for Gmail accounts, as it is not necessary to define the archive granularity with Gmail.
