Find a contact in Thunderbird
This guide explains how to delete contacts from your Contacts list.
This guide is aimed at...
- Staff
Instructions
1. On the Navigation Pane at the top of the screen, select Address Book.

Fig 1. Location of the Address Book button
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2. You can now find your contact from your Personal Address Book. To email your contact, click on their email address in the contact description as shown in the diagram below.

Fig 2. Location of the Personal Address Book
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3. If you would like to find a contact when you are writing a new message, you will need to access your address book from the new message window.

Fig 3. Finding a contact
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4. Find your contact and click on their email address.

Fig 4. Example of clicking on an email address
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5. Their email address will now be added to the senders list for you to send to.

Fig 5. Illustration of an email address added to a senders list
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Related guides and other info:
- Search the Global Address List (GAL)
- Create a new contact
- Create a Contact Group (local distribution list)
- About distribution lists