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All of my Bookmarks are missing

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I lost all of my many Bookmarks. When I went to the backup to restore I get an error message saying they cannot be restored.

I lost all of my many Bookmarks. When I went to the backup to restore I get an error message saying they cannot be restored.
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Hey there!

Please see the following the article on how to recover your bookmarks: http://mzl.la/1BAQGUu

Bithiah

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Please, PLEASE someone help!!! ALL of my bookmarks have vanished and my computer will not load the backup file.

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If you use Sync, best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

This could be a problem with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use the "Places Database" -> "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox or reboot and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from the most recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created
  • you lose the history when a new places.sqlite is created

You may have to restore an older bookmarks backup in the bookmarkbackups folder via the Bookmarks Manager (Library).

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).