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How to Transfer a Firefox Profile to a New Computer

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jdowning
jdowning

Help me so I can keep my bookmarks and passwords.

Help me so I can keep my bookmarks and passwords.

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The file location is "%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles". Simply copy that, throw it on a flash drive, and then move it to the same location on the new machine.

I think Firefox also has accounts that back up your data and allow you to transfer it from device to device? I might be wrong on that.

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haltrman93
haltrman93

Chosen Solution

The file location is "%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles". Simply copy that, throw it on a flash drive, and then move it to the same location on the new machine.

I think Firefox also has accounts that back up your data and allow you to transfer it from device to device? I might be wrong on that.