Firefox Saves Your Personal Information Such As Bookmarks, Passwords, and User Preferences in A Set of Files Called Your, Which is Stored In a Separate Location from The Firefox Program Files. You can Have MultiPle Firefox Profiles, Each Containing A Separate Set Of User Information. The Profile Manager Allows You to Create, Remove, Rename, and Switch Profiles.

• If You Have (or Plan to Have) Multiple Installations of Firefox on One Computer, See Dedicated Profiles Per Firefox Installation.
• If You are Troubleshooting A Problem with Firefox: The Refresh Firefox Feature Can Fix Many Issues by Restoring Firefox to Its Default State WHILE SAVING Your Essential Information. Consider using it Before Going Through A Lengthy Troubleshooting Process.

Table Of Contents.

Starting the Profile Manager

MANAGE PROFILES WHEN FIREFOX IS OPEN

Type about: Profiles INTO THE ADDRESS BAR and press Their ENTERReturn. Key. This Will Open The About profiles Page.

The Following Options Are Available:

To Manage Profiles, Find The Profile You Want To Change and Choose From These Buttons Underneath That Profile:

• Rename Click This To Change The Name Of A Profile in the Profile Manager. Note: The Folder Containing The Files for the Profile Is Not Renamed.

• Set As Default Profile This Option Allows You to Switch Profiles. Click This To Make Firefox Use This Profile by Default At Startup.

• Launch Profile in New Browser When You Click This, Another Firefox Window Will Open Using That Profile.

Start The Profile Manager WHEN Firefox Is Closed

Note: Another Way to Start The Profile Manager Is From The Search Box in the Windows Start Menu. Close Firefox (If Open), Press, Type firefox.exe -p. and Press Enter.

If The Above Instructions Do Not Work Or If You Have Multiple Installations of Firefox, Use The Following Instructions Instead.

MultiPle Firefox Installations.

You can Have MultiPle Firefox Programs Installed in Different Locations. To Start The Profile Manager for a Specific Firefox Installation, Replace Firefox.exe in The Above Instructions Program, Enclose That Line In Quotes, Then Add a Space Followed by -p.

Examples:
Firefox (32-bit) on 64-bit Windows
"C: \\ Program Files (x86) \\ Mozilla Firefox.\\ Firefox.exe "-p

Removing a Profile

After Starting The Profile Manager AS Explained Above, You Can Remove An Existing Profile As Followows:

Renaming a Profile

After Starting The Profile Manager AS Explained Above, You Can Rename A Profile As Followows:

1. In The Profile Manager, SELECT THE PROFILE TO RENAME, AND THEN CLICK RENAME PROFILE ....
2. ENTER THE NEW NAME FOR THE PROFILE. Type In The New Profile Name, and Click on Ok.
   • Note.: The Folder Containing The Files for the ProFile Is Not Renamed.

Options.

Work Offline

Choosing This Option Loads The Selected Profile and Starts Firefox WITHOT Connecting To the Internet. You can View Previously Viewed Web Pages and Experiment with Your Profile.

Use The Selected Profile Without Asking At Startup

When You Have MultiPle Profiles, This option Tells Firefox What to do at startup: WHAT TO DO AT STARTUP:

• If You Check This Option, Firefox Will Automatically Load The Selected Profile At Startup. To Access Other Profiles, You Must Start The Profile Manager First.
• If You Uncheck This Option, Firefox Will Show You The Profile Manager Each Time You Start Firefox, So That You Can Select a Profile to Use.

Use Sync With A New Profile

WHEN YOU FIRST OPEN FIREFOX IN A NEW PROFILE, A Welcome to Firefox. Page Will Open, with a space to enter your email address.

Hello everyone who went to our site. In one of the past articles, we examined in more detail what browser Mozilla Firefox. This is a folder in which all of our firefox Settings. It is created by default when installing the browser. But sometimes there is a situation when several profiles will be required for this browser (for example, other family members or simply separate for work). How to do it? This will help us a profile manager. With it, you can add, rename, delete profile, as well as set some settings.

Run Profile Manager.

Before starting the manager, check the Mozilla Firefox browser closed. If it is open with you, then you need to close it. Then we use. We press it and not releasing the R (Win + R). We will open the "" window, enter in the field firefox.exe -p.

And click " OK»You will see a profile manager before you.

Here you will see your default profile in which all your data is stored. To fulfill all further actions that we will describe below, come back to this screenshot.

Suppose we want to create a new profile that would have stored bookmarks, a history for work or another family member.

Creating a new Firefox profile

To do this, just press the button " Create ..."(Figure 1). The profile creation wizard opens.

Now we need to come up with the name of our new profile. Since we plan to use it for working purposes, then let's give a suitable name, for example, - For work. Or another, at your discretion.

Next, you need to specify the folder where the profile created will be stored. By default, a folder is created with the profile name. You can use this option. If you want to ask your own, then click " Select folder ..." And in the conductor indicate the desired folder. We recommend creating a clean, empty folder to the profile, if you set it to a directory in which there are some files, then you risk losing them when removing the profile.

Now that we asked the name, indicated the place, click " Ready" The new profile will be created and will be displayed in the Profile Manager.

Select the created profile and run the browser. It will open in the form in which he was after the first installation: there will be no bookmarks, the story will be empty, no extensions and applications you will also find.

How to rename profile

If when creating a new profile you made a mistake in his name or simply decided to change, then it can be easily corrected. To do this, highlight the desired profile and select the button under the number 2 - " Rename».

Then give a new name or correct the error and click " OK" The profile is renamed.

Remove Firefox Profile

If you stop using a profile, you can safely remove it. To do this, select the appropriate button in the Manager - under the number 3.

We offer 2 options for removal.

Do not delete files. When this option is selected, a profile is deleted from the manager, however, all your data files will be saved on your hard disk that can be used for a new profile later.

Delete files. In this case, deletion occurs not only from the manager, but also all files with your data and settings. The profile folder is removed completely from the computer. You can't restore anything after that. Therefore, take into account this fact when choosing this option.

Profile Manager Settings.

Work autonomane. If you set this parameter for a specific profile, then Firefox start in offline mode, without connecting to the Internet. In this case, you can view the sites that you visited earlier and conduct experiments with your profile.

Run the selected profile without request. If this check mark is installed for a particular profile, then this profile will be loaded automatically when Firefox starts.

If you need to switch between profiles, then remove the checkbox from this parameter. Now every time you start the browser you will choose the profile you need.

On this, perhaps, let me finish. Today we looked at how to create, rename, delete Firefox profile. Share in the comments about whether you use your profiles in this browser.

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Firefox saves your personal information, such as bookmarks, passwords and personal settings in file sets called profile which is stored separately from the software filefox files. You can have several profiles, each of which will contain your own set of data. With the help of the Profile Manager you can create, delete, rename profiles, as well as switch between them.

• If you have (or you plan) several Firefox settings on one computer, read the article Special profiles for each Firefox installation.
• If you solve the problem associated with Firefox: Firefox cleaning function can solve many problems by reset Firefox in the initial state. At the same time, the information you need will be saved. Try using this feature before starting a long troubleshooting process.

Starting Profile Manager

Profile management with Firefox Open

Enter about: Profiles In the Firefox address bar and click ENTERReturn.. As a result, the page opens About profiles.

The following parameters are available:

To manage profiles, find the profile you want to change and select the desired button under this profile:

• Rename Click on this button to change the profile name in the Profiles Manager. Note: A folder that contains files for the profile is not renamed.

• Install as default profile This option allows you to switch profiles. Click on this button so that Firefox uses this default profile at startup.

• Run another browser with this profile If you click on this button, another will open window Firefox using this profile.

Running Profile Manager with Firefox Closed

Note: Another way to start the profile manager from the search field in the menu Starting Windows. Close Firefox (if it is running), click, type firefox.exe -p. And press ENTER.

If the above instructions do not work or if you have several Firefox settings, use the following instructions.

Several Firefox Settings

You can install multiple Firefox programs in different places. To start the profile manager for a specific firefox installations, replace Firefox.exe in the above instructions for the full way to firefox program, Enclose this line in quotes, and then add a space and -p.

Examples:
"Firefox (32-bit) on 64-bit Windows"
"C: \\ Program Files (x86) \\ Mozilla Firefox \\ Firefox.exe" -p

"Firefox (32-bit) on 32-bit Windows" (or " 64-bit Firefox on 64-bit windows ")
"C: \\ Program Files \\ Mozilla Firefox \\ Firefox.exe" -p

The Firefox Profile Manager window must open (user profile selection).

Note: You may need to configure these instructions if Firefox is not installed on the default path (for example, if there are several settings).

If Firefox is already included in your distribution Linux Or you installed Firefox using the package manager in your Linux distribution:

The startup parameter is written by the title letter P. In addition, you can use the -Profilemanager parameter, instead of the -p parameter.
The Firefox Profile Manager window must open (user profile selection).

If the profile manager window still has not appeared, then the Firefox is already running in the background, even if it is not visible. Close all running Firefox copies or restart your computer and try again.

Creating a profile

After starting the Profile Manager, as described above, you can create a new one, the additional profile as follows:

You will return to the Profile Manager window, the list of which will display a new profile. When you first run Firefox with a new profile, you will be asked to enter your Firefox account so that you can (see below).

Delete profile

After starting the Profile Manager, as described above, you can delete an existing profile as follows:

Rename profile

After starting the Profile Manager, as described above, you can rename the profile as follows:

1. In the Profile Manager, select a profile to rename and click the Rename button ....
2. Enter a new name for the profile. Dial a new profile name and click OK.
   • Note: Folder containing profile files, it will not be renamed.

Parameters

These parameters are available only when you.

Work autonomane

Selecting this option loads the selected profile and starts Firefox without connecting to the Internet. You can view the previously visited web pages and experiment with your profile.

Use the selected profile without asking when starting

If you have several profiles, then this option specifies Firefox, what to do when you start:

• If you put a tick of this parameter, Firefox will automatically download the selected profile at startup. To access other profiles, you must first start the Profile Manager.
• If you take a tick of this parameter, Firefox will show you the profile manager every time you start Firefox so that you can choose a profile for use.

Use synchronization with a new profile

When you first open Firefox in a new profile, the "Welcome to Firefox" page opens with a place to enter your address email.

Enter your email address and click Continue to create or log in Firefox Account . You can then configure "Synchronization" for a new profile so that you can share bookmarks, watching history, passwords and other user data with other Firefox profiles or devices.

• If you already use synchronization in another profile or device, then enter the email address and password for your account Firefox so that your new profile can use these settings.

• If you do not use synchronization, do not want to synchronize data with a new profile, or if you want to solve it later, you can Log in to your Firefox account and select "Do not synchronize this device" (see Disable Firefox Synchronization) or Skip this step.

For getting for more information, read articles How do I configure sync on your computer? and How can I choose which types of information will be synchronized by Firefox?.

Move profile

Restore information from the old profile

If you have important information In the old Firefox profile, such as bookmarks, passwords or user settings, you can transfer this information to the new Firefox profile by copying the corresponding files. For more information, read the article. Restore important data from the old profile . You can also switch to the previous profile to restore the old profile data. Read the article. How to restore user data that disappeared after Firefox update For more information.

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Hello everyone who went to the site for newcomers of the Internet. On the pages of our resource, we talked about browser Mozilla. Firefox, how to install it, its settings, etc. See in more detail in the dedicated to this topic. Today we will consider that such a profile, how to find it, which files in it are and for what they answer.

During the installation of the browser, a special folder is created, in which our entire information will be kept: sessions, passwords, bookmarks, installed extensions, Various panels and more. This folder is called " profile».

It is stored separately from all browser software files. This means that you can easily delete, reinstall Mozilla Firefox. Your data in the profile is saved. Or vice versa, if you have a problem, you do not have to delete a browser, but simply remove the profile and thus solve your problem.

Where is the Firefox profile

To find out where the Firefox profile folder is two ways. Consider them.

With browser. Run it, open the main menu and click on a small icon with a question mark.

So we will open the reference department.

And go to " Information for solving problems».

We will appear before the Mozilla Firefox information page. In the column "" click on the button " See folder" After a second it will open in front of you. All your information from this browser is kept here.

You can go to this profile folder without opening Firefox - the combinations of Win and R keys (Win + R). When using them appears window " Perform»

We enter such a command " % APPDATA% \\ Mozilla \\ Firefox \\ PROFILES \\"And press OK. A conductor will open, where the profile folder will be specified in which the word default will be specified, about this format (XXXXXXXXX.DEFAULT-00000000000).

What is stored in the Mozilla Firefox profile

Now let's look at what is stored in the profile folder.

Bookmarks, history, data on downloaded files is contained in the file places.sqlite.

Everything backups Your bookmarks are stored in the folder bookmarkBackups.. In order to restore bookmarks from a reserve copy, open the browser, click on the button Import and backups

You can use another way to save bookmarks.

Data O. passwordsthat you save in the browser are stored in files logins.json.and key3.db.

For sites, such as: where and what pop-ups to show are in files permissions.sqlite. and content-prefs.sqlite.

List of installed search engines Displays the file search.json.mozlz4

File formhistory.sqlite. Contains search data or those that you entered on various sites. Created for auto Fill Field Forms on resources.

Alternative to Cookies is vault D.Om., it is more in volume, safe. File is responsible for storing information webappsstore.sqlite.

Everything expansion datawhich you installed in the browser are stored in the folder extensions

If you installed security and SSL Certificatesthen all their settings keep a file cERT8.DB.

Database protective modules Store B. secmod.db.

File mimetypes.rdf. Indicates browser what to perform downloads when loading one or another file. For example, file in format.pdf open in Acrobat Reader

All data O. MIME types installed plugins are contained in the file pluginreg.dat.

Settings about the location toolbars, sizes and positions of windows are stored in xulstore.json.

All browser settings that we ourselves are installed in the Settings window are saved in the file. prefs.js.

We reviewed the most important data to save and restore. So today we learned what a profile is where it is and what is in it.

On this, let's finish today. Next time we will talk how to manage passwords in Mozilla Firefox. To new meetings!

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