{"id":45904,"date":"2024-03-23T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T08:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45904"},"modified":"2025-07-20T03:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T03:19:20","slug":"thunderbird-tmp-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/03\/thunderbird-tmp-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Rid of thunderbird.tmp in Ubuntu 24.04 Downloads Folder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For Thunderbird users, there will be a thunderbird.tmp<\/b> sub-folder in Downloads<\/i> in Ubuntu 24.04. Here are the workarounds to get rid of it!<\/p>\n

As you may know, the Thunderbird package in Ubuntu 24.04 is a Snap package that runs in sandbox! Due to this switch, the “thunderbird.tmp<\/code>” sub-folder will be created on every launch (even after you deleted it) of the email client, in user’s Downloads folder.<\/p>\n

According to this discussion page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“This is a tmp dir to store files you choose to open directly from Thunderbird. The snap can\u2019t use the usual (insecure) \/tmp location so had to choose something widely available so other apps can open the files if chosen.<\/i>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Indeed, it’s a sandbox permission issue! Which, also occurred in Ubuntu 22.04 (later fixed) for Firefox Snap package.<\/p>\n

Until Ubuntu or Mozilla fixed the issue, here are 2 workarounds:<\/p>\n