Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings
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- Revision id: 101834
- Created:
- Creator: Svetlana
- Comment: added the "The reset message" section
- Reviewed: Yes
- Reviewed:
- Reviewed by: AliceWyman
- Is approved? No
- Is current revision? No
- Ready for localization: No
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Reset Firefox to its default state
- Click the menu button
, click and select .
- Click then in the confirmation window that opens. Firefox will close to refresh itself.
- When finished, a window will list your imported information. Click the button. Firefox will open.
- Select whether you want Firefox to restore all or some windows and tabs and click the button.
What does the reset feature do?
All of your Firefox settings and personal information are stored in a profile folder. The reset feature works by creating a new profile folder for you while saving your important data.
Add-ons which are normally stored inside the Firefox profile folder, such as extensions and themes, will be removed. Add-ons stored in other locations, such as plugins, will not be removed but any modified preferences (such as plugins you have disabled) will be reset.
Refresh Firefox
- Click the menu button , click and select .
- Click then in the confirmation window that opens. Firefox will close to refresh itself.
- When finished, a window will list your imported information. Click the button. Firefox will open.
- Select whether you want Firefox to restore all or some windows and tabs and click the button.
What does the refresh feature do?
All of your Firefox settings and personal information are stored in a profile folder. The refresh feature works by creating a new profile folder for you while saving your important data.
Add-ons which are normally stored inside the Firefox profile folder, such as extensions and themes, will be removed. Add-ons stored in other locations, such as plugins, will not be removed but any modified preferences (such as plugins you have disabled) will be reset.
Firefox will save these items:
- Bookmarks
- Browsing history
- Passwords
- Cookies
- Web form auto-fill information
- Bookmarks
- Browsing history
- Passwords
- Cookies
- Web form auto-fill information
- Personal dictionary
- Bookmarks
- Browsing history
- Passwords
- Open windows, tabs and tab groups
- Cookies
- Web form auto-fill information
- Personal dictionary
These items and settings will be removed:
- Open tabs, windows, tab groups, extensions and themes, website permissions, modified preferences, personal dictionary, added search engines, download history, DOM storage, security certificate and device settings, download actions, plugin settings, toolbar customizations, and user styles will be removed.
- Open tabs, windows, tab groups, extensions and themes, website permissions, modified preferences, personal dictionary, added search engines, download history, DOM storage, security certificate and device settings, download actions, plugin settings, toolbar customizations, user styles and Facebook Messenger for Firefox will be removed.
- Open tabs, windows, tab groups, extensions and themes, website permissions, modified preferences, personal dictionary, added search engines, download history, DOM storage, security certificate and device settings, download actions, plugin settings, toolbar customizations, user styles and social features will be removed.
- Open tabs, windows, tab groups, extensions and themes, website permissions, modified preferences, added search engines, download history, DOM storage, security certificate and device settings, download actions, plugin settings, toolbar customizations, user styles and social features will be removed.
- Extensions and themes, website permissions, modified preferences, added search engines, download history, DOM storage, security certificate and device settings, download actions, plugin settings, toolbar customizations, user styles and social features will be removed.
The reset message
Every 60 days (or less, if you are using Firefox frequently), Firefox shows this message:
- It looks like you haven't started Firefox in a while. Do you want to clean it up for a fresh, like-new experience? And by the way, welcome back!
To disable this message, visit about:config and add a boolean preference with name browser.disableResetPrompt and value false.
This preference was born in bug 955950 for enterprise deployment.