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Clean some space if the space on servers is over the allowed limit.Re-build the Thunderbird profile folder to fix the issue (and probably other issues as well) Try to set it as “remove it immediately” under Tools –> Account Settings –> Server Settings –> ‘When I delete a message.’ This will instantly ping the server to start syncing and update any changes made. Some servers don’t respond properly if there is a delay between a change in client and the syncing with servers.If it is, use a different folder than the one you’re trying to delete. Check under “Tools” –> Account Settings –> Copies and Folders if that’s the case. So if the folder is empty and you are trying to delete it, Thunderbird cannot get rid of it. Some folders are necessary for Mozilla Thunderbird to function.Make sure you don’t delete the cache folder altogether just the contents inside it. If there’s a cache on your IMAP folder, you should delete the contents from the cache folder from the web-based email interface first and then come back and delete the folder in Thunderbird.

The only solution is to try to the web-based email interface by directly logging into your email provider and deleting that folder from there.

Sometimes the server doesn’t respond to certain commands and there can be thousands of reasons for that that cannot be solved.

If it’s an offline folder, you should remove it from the list of ‘Offline folders.’ You can find the list in ‘Tools’ –> Account Settings –> Offline and Disk Space.

If you are also facing the same issue, here are some reason why it happens and what you can do about it: Cannot Delete a folder in Thunderbird – the solution It is not always the case while deleting a folder, and yet the message remains the same. Now the message itself is a bit confusing. The mail server responded: RENAME failed: Can’t create mailbox : File Exists”. Many users frequently complaint that they cannot delete a folder in Thunderbird, especially in an IMAP email account.