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Mozilla Thunderbird

Make the font smaller

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Windows Desktop app Thunderbird on Windows and Linux

Practice this

To make the font smaller in Mozilla Thunderbird, press Ctrl + Less than. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Writing a message

Ctrl with the comma also makes the font smaller. On a US English keyboard this character needs Shift and the comma key. The shortcut itself is unchanged.

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts - Thunderbird Help

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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