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How to keep Firefox bookmarks from changing or disappearing?

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My bookmarks have started to change or disappear. How can I stop this? Would it work or harm anything if I turned M/S Edge off?

My bookmarks have started to change or disappear. How can I stop this? Would it work or harm anything if I turned M/S Edge off?

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Hi, whether you use Edge or not shouldn't make any difference within Firefox.

What exactly is happening to your bookmarks?

If this is a problem with the number of bookmarks that fit on the Bookmarks Toolbar before the "overflow" button, it could be due to the upsizing of the toolbar text that many user experienced in Firefox 103.

Firefox 103 now applies the Windows "Make text bigger" setting as a zoom multiplier (Release Notes).

If you want to go back to the previous size, here are two options:

(A) If you do not need "Make text bigger" for other applications, the simplest thing you can do is reset that to 100% to resolve the issue:


(B) Firefox 103 has 3 interrelated hidden settings that control the overall zoom level and whether it considers information from the system. This one seems to be working for many people to revert the change:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.

More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox. The moderators would like us to remind you that changes made through this back door aren't fully supported and aren't guaranteed to continue working in the future.

(2) In the search box in the page, type or paste ui.textScaleFactor and pause while the list is filtered.

Normally, Firefox will display a bar with Boolean Number String and a plus button. If Firefox displays a row that already has a number value, skip to step 5.

(3) Click the circular button in front of Number and then click the + button to create a new preference. (See composite screenshot below.)

(4) Firefox should display an editing field, and show a value of 0 -- edit the value to 100 then press Enter or click the blue check mark button to save the change.

(5) If the current value of ui.textScaleFactor is NOT 100, then double-click the preference to display an editing field, and change the value to 100 then press Enter or click the blue check mark button to save the change.

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See also:

Are you using Sync as that can be a possible reason for issues with the bookmarks ?