

You can create a fake account just for the conversion process: You will need to create a Thunderbird account so that the mbox file can be imported, although this doesn’t need to be a real email account. Note: The following operations are based on Thunderbird version 68.

Install Thunderbird on your Windows Computerĭownload Thunderbird from, then install it on your computer. One way around this is to use another mail client, like Thunderbird, to convert Mbox files to a format compatible with Microsoft Outlook. The Mbox format can be opened by Apple Mail and other mail clients, but unfortunately, Microsoft Outlook cannot open Mbox files directly on Windows. In CubeBackup, Gmail messages are exported as Mbox files (similar to Google Takeout exports). How to open an Mbox file in Microsoft Outlook.
