Compress MBOX File to Decrease Its Size Using MBOX Compress Tool

Necessity

Why MBOX Compress Tool?

Know Reasons to Compress MBOX Mailbox Files

Boost Email Client’s Performance

Users who are using MBOX-supported email clients can use this powerful software to improve email clients’ performance. Large MBOX files hang your email program hence this is a perfect choice to boost your email client’s performance.

Decrease Your Storage Space

An MBOX file can store thousands of email messages together with all email properties. Hence, sometimes users may face a storage quota full-related problem. Use this software to reduce MBOX files to decrease your storage space.

Avoid Corruption in Email Apps

Generally, an MBOX file allows storing a maximum of 4-5 GB of data including all associated items. After several years of use, your MBOX file may reach its maximum storage limit which may become a reason for email client corruption.

Compress Options

Multiple Choices to Reduce MBOX File Size

SoftTweak MBOX Compress Tool is developed with different types of algorithms. You can enable any one option to decrease MBOX file size without deleting any important email.

Remove Attachments

Check ‘Remove Attachments’ option which permits to remove MBOX file attachments permanently. As you knew that attachments take much space in MBOX file, so this option seems a perfect choice for reduction size of MBOX file.

Remove Email Headers

Email headers store a lot of hidden information but after enabling this option, hidden information will be erased. However, your crucial visible header data will be available like From, Return Path, Date, From, Reply-To, To, Message-ID, Subject, MIME-Version, and Content Type.

Detach Attachments

Use this option to extract MBOX file attachments and store them in a separate folder. This feature is useful if respective clients want to decrease MBOX file size by detaching attachments from MBOX files for future use.

Features

Look at MBOX Compress Software Features

Dual Modes

Dual Modes for Adding MBOX Files

SoftTweak MBOX Compress Software provides 2 different options for adding MBOX files in the software window. Choose the ‘Select Files’ option for adding several choice mailbox files. Choose the ‘Select Folder’ option to add a whole folder having multiple MBOX files.

Compress Specific MBOX Files

Once you have added MBOX files in the software panel, thereafter, you can preview them in windows file explorer view. Hence, you can easily check or uncheck desired MBOX files for compression. This is helpful when users add a whole folder but prefer to compress specific MBOX files.

Multiple Email Client’s

Supports Multiple Email Client’s MBOX

There are several email clients that create and export mailboxes in MBOX file and it supports all mailbox files. This MBOX Compressor is compatible with MBOX files of Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Eudora Mail, Opera Mail, Postbox, Google Takeout, Apple Mail, Pocomail, Entourage, Claws Mail, and all others.

Email Labels

Option to Maintain Email Labels

If your MBOX files have email labels, then you are entitled to enable the ‘Maintain Email Labels’ option. Most of the time Google Takeout MBOX files have Gmail labels so if you prefer to keep them maintained in processed MBOX files then check this option otherwise no need to check this.

Compress MBOX, MBX, and MBS

Compress MBOX, MBX, and MBS Mailboxes

SoftTweak MBOX Compress Software is compatible with all MBOX file variants such as MBX, MBS, MBOXRD, MBOXO, MBOXCL, and MBOXCL2. Even this MBOX compressor application permits to compress without extension MBOX files created with several email clients. Get this utility for MBOX file compression.

Browse Destination

Freedom to Browse Choice Destination

MBOX Compression Tool chooses ‘Desktop’ as the default destination path to store compressed MBOX files. But if someone doesn’t want to save resultant mailbox files on the desktop then click the Browse button and set the preferred destination path. You can also connect an external storage device to your pc.

Live MBOX File Compression

Live MBOX File Compression Process

This MBOX File Compress Software shows a real-time MBOX file compression process that helps to assume completion time. You can see how many MBOX files are analyzed for compression even you can know the status of the MBOX file compression process based on the files.

Log Report

Get Log Report SavingLog.txt File

MBOX Compress Tool generates a log report file when decreasing MBOX file size. After completing the process to reduce MBOX file size, the SavingLog.txt file will be automatically open that has details about the Start Date & Time, Compression Options, Source Path, Destination Path, and Status.

Working Guide

How to Reduce MBOX File Size?

Specifications

System Requirements to Install MBOX Compress Tool

About Software

Version:	6.0
Size:	5.61 MB

Release Date:	May 2023
Download Button:	Download Now Download Now

Trial Limitations:

The demo version of this software allows you to remove attachments and headers from the first 20 MBOX email contents. This is best for checking the software's working steps before upgrading to the professional edition.

Hard Disk Space:	50 MB free hard disk space is enough to configure this software.
RAM:	2 GB (4 GB is Recommended)
Processor:	Intel® Pentium 1 GHz (2.4 GHz is recommended)

Platforms:

Operating System: Windows 11 (64 Bit), 10, 8, 7 (32 Bit or 64 Bit) & Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2008, etc.
MBOX Variants: MBOX (MBX, MBS), MBOXRD, MBOXO, MBOXCL, and MBOXCL2.

Prerequisites:

This is a standalone software that does not have any specific requirements to compress MBOX files.

Product Guide:

Software Guide Installation Uninstallation EULA

Video Tutorial

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Compress MBOX Files without Deleting Emails

Get the best software to reduce MBOX file size to boost your email client’s performance and speed. This MBOX Compressor provides multiple ways to compress MBOX files to provide complete user satisfaction.

Performance

95%

Customer Satisfaction

93%

Output Accuracy

99%

Compare

MBOX Compression Tool Free Vs Licensed Version

Benefits	Free Edition	Full Edition
Dual ways for adding MBOX files
Support all MBOX file variants
Compatible with all email client’s MBOX
Select desired mailbox files
See live MBOX compression
3 choices to compress MBOX emails
Creates log report file
Compress MBOX files	Remove 20 items per MBOX	Yes

FAQs

Commonly Asked Questions

Follow the below-mentioned steps:

Locate the MBOX file that you want to compress.
Right-click the MBOX file and select the ‘Show more’ option.
Choose ‘Add to Archive’ from the drop-down menu.
Select ‘ZIP’ as archiving format and click ‘Ok’.
MBOX file compressed and saved to ZIP format.

Note: You can follow the above-mentioned steps to compress MBOX files to store them on a hard drive for future use. But the Zipped MBOX file can’t be used with any email program.

Yes, MBOX Compress Tool is the best software to compress without extension mailbox files so don’t worry.

Let’s know the main differences between compress and compact methods.

MBOX Compress Software is well-suitable to reduce enough MBOX file size while the inbuilt ‘Compact’ option can decrease only a few KB or MB size.
MBOX Compress Tool offers three different choices to compress MBOX mailbox contents, but the ‘Compact’ option can fix only deleted email headers.
This utility gives permission to compress MBOX files of all email clients, but the ‘Compact’ option is available in only a few email programs.

Yes, there is no size limitation to compress and reduce MBOX file size. This software is compatible with large-sized MBOX files.

Client Reviews

Read What Our Clients Say about Software

Anders Thompson,

New York

I have recently used this MBOX Compressor Software to boost my Apple Mail client’s performance and got satisfactory results. I have run this utility to detach MBOX file attachments and later imported the processed mailbox file to Apple Mail. Thank you for launching this software.

Wylder Garcia,

Chicago

My Thunderbird email client was got crashed due to oversized mailbox files and stopped working. Then I used your software to compress Thunderbird mailboxes and later imported processed mailboxes again in TB and my problem was resolved. Thank you SoftTweak for providing me with this utility.

MBOX Compress Software

Compress MBOX File to Decrease MBOX Mailbox Size