Problem with Thunderbird and Google

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I am running with ubuntu 24.04

Every time I login thunderbird I am gifted with a “sign with google” request. I have been trying to figure out what is going on in google. Seems that there is a mozilla thunderbird as well. It tells me that If I get rid of the “sign in with google” thing it will also delete all my gmail (I think that what it means). I am wondering if anybody knows anything about this one.

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I’m only going to address the reason why you’re being asked for your Google password.

This is more than likely happening because when you initially setup your Gmail account within Thunderbird you unchecked the box Remember Password and therefore every time you open Thunderbird you’ll be prompted to enter your Google Account(Gmail) password in order to retrieve your email.

If you wish to use Thunderbird to manage your Gmail account without entering your Google password every time the simplest way for you would be to delete your Gmail account from Thunderbird and then re-add it and this time make sure the box next to Remember Password is checked.You will now no longer be prompted to enter your Google password.

Or you can simply bypass Thunderbird and log directly into Gmail through your browser and stay signed in though this is not ideal from a security standpoint.

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This is a complete confusion for me. First is Thunderbird really Mozilla Thunderbird? I also don’t understand “my Gmail account from Thunderbird” I would be delighted to delete it if I knew what and where it was. When I goto bitwarden, press “Thunderbird” it comes right up and its already logged in. Makes no difference, i get asked two at a time, to “sign into google” - I just delete them although they come back, and back, and back.

Thank you for the Reply!!