We recommend using [[*Thunderbird*|https://www.thunderbird.net/]] in Tails for:

Installing *Thunderbird* as additional software

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.

You can install *Thunderbird* as [[additional software|persistent_storage/additional_software]].

To install *Thunderbird* as additional software:

Turn on the **Thunderbird Email Client** feature.

<p>To reopen this page after restarting Tails, choose <b>Apps&nbsp;▸
Tails&nbsp;▸ Tails Documentation</b> and go to <b>Documentation&nbsp;▸
Uncensored and anonymous Internet&nbsp;▸ Emailing and reading news with
Thunderbird</b>.</p>

<p>If Tails detects that you have both the [[**Thunderbird Email
Client|persistent_storage/configure#thunderbird]]** and **Additional
Software** features of the Persistent
Storage turned on, Tails and automatically adds <i>*Thunderbird</i>* to your list of
[[Additional Software|persistent_storage/ additional_ software]].</p>.

Tails detects that you have both the **Thunderbird Email Client** and **Additional
Software** features of the Persistent Storage turned on and automatically
adds *Thunderbird* to your list of additional software.

Tails also tries to install as additional software the language package
that corresponds to the language of this Tails session, if it exists. To
use *Thunderbird* in another language, see [[using *Thunderbird* in
another language|thunderbird#language]].

*Thunderbird* is downloaded and installed in the background after you
connected to the Tor network.

This first installation can take several minutes. During this time, no
*Thunderbird* launcher is available in the **Apps** menu.

<p>If you are comfortable with the command line and [[set up an
administration
password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]] when
starting Tails, you can execute the following command to track the progress
of the download and installation:</p>

To openAfter *Thunderbird* is installed, choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Internet&nbsp;▸ Thunderbird** to open *Thunderbird*.

After *Thunderbird* is installed, choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Internet&nbsp;▸ Thunderbird** to open *Thunderbird*.

*Thunderbird* will be reinstalled automatically every time you start Tails.
Future installations will be much faster since *Thunderbird* is already
downloaded to your Persistent Storage.

Tails already includesutomatically installs the language packages for Arabic, German, Spanish, Farsi, French, Hindi, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese.

Tails automatically installs the language packages for Arabic, German, Spanish, Farsi, French, Hindi, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese.