Export Zimbra Mailbox — Manual Procedure Step By Step

Ayush Jain
3 min readJun 29, 2020

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These days many users of Zimbra desktop email client wants to export Zimbra mailbox on the computer system so that they can secure their Zimbra emails and save them all as other file formats. So, in this session of discussion, we will discuss the complete manual procedure step by step through which all users can easily get their emails from Zimbra application into the hard drive as per the requirement.

To perform this Zimbra mailbox exporting process you need to utilize your own Zimbra account. Most of the users want to save their Zimbra data on the computer system to export them on any other applications like MS Office 365, Exchange Server, Hosted Exchange Server, Gmail, and so on or various file formats like PST, PDF, MSG, MBOX, EML, and other technical file formats.

Export Mailbox from Zimbra Account to the Hard Drive

Step 1. Open your Zimbra desktop account and then utilize the Preference option.

Step 2. Now, click on the Import/Export option through which you can reach to the next screen of the Zimbra application.

Step 3. Through the help of the Export section of the screen, you need to select those items which you want to export from your Zimbra account. It provides data like Emails, Address Book, Calendars, Tasks, Briefcase, etc.

Step 4. Hit on the Export option and wait for the completion of the exporting process.

By these steps, you can easily export Zimbra mailbox into your computer system. But all data will be stored in a TGZ Zip file. To view all data you need to extract the Zip file through any third-party software.

If you want to extract the created Zimbra TGZ Zip file into other applications or as various file format then you need to utilize the best tool that is the CubexSoft Zimbra Converter software through which you can easily export all Zimbra TGZ data into the desired output options. This tool is user-friendly and can be utilized by all users including non-technical users.

Procedure to Export Zimbra Mailbox into Other Apps

#1. Download the Zimbra Converter tool and then Select Files or Select the TGZ Zip file.

#2. Now, the tool shows you all selected items in the Preview section, from where you can also deselect files that are not necessary for the further process.

#3. Then, select the exporting type to move data from Zimbra to Office 365, Exchange Server, Gmail, G Suite, PST format, PDF, MBOX, EML, and so on. You can select the desired one.

#4. Operate other options related to the exporting procedure and then click on the Export option to start the process.

There is no need to download any other tool for the extraction of the Zimbra TGZ Zip file as this tool can easily extract them and show you complete loaded items. You can perform this process on any Windows OS as the tool is capable to export Zimbra mailbox on Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP, Vista, and all other Windows OS.

Conclusion

We have discussed the complete procedure to export Zimbra mailbox from the Zimbra account through the utilization of the Zimbra application. There are many circumstances where various users want to change the format of Zimbra data so that they can easily manage them. So, we have also viewed some steps through which any user can perform the process to export the complete Zimbra TGZ database into the desired output format.

You can understand the whole procedure by using the tool for free, so you can also download the tool with its demo edition. This allows users to perform this process with the first 20 items from every folder as the complete Zimbra database can be processed through the utilization of the licensed edition of the tool.

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Ayush Jain
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