---
title: "Creating a local folder in Thunderbird"
description: "You can create a local folder in Thunderbird to archive messages from the server. This allows you to reduce disk space used by an e-mail account on the server and helps to prevent resource usage..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/creating-a-local-folder-in-thunderbird/
date: 2012-10-09
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Email"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Creating a local folder in Thunderbird

You can create a local folder in Thunderbird to archive messages from the server. This allows you to reduce disk space used by an e-mail account on the server and helps to prevent [resource usage issues when using IMAP](/support/email/imap-resource-usage/).

1. [![Thunderbird-local-create](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-local-create.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-local-create.png) **Right-click** on **Local Folders** and select **New Folder…**
2. [![Thunderbird-new-folder](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-new-folder.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-new-folder.png) Give your new folder a name
3. [![Thunderbird-move-to-local](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-move-to-local.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-move-to-local.png) **OPTIONAL:** Select your messages to archive **Right-click** and choose **Move To > Local Folders > Your folder’s name**