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Is there a way to clean my profile directory?

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bradwood
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I back up my profile directory, but it seems to be overly large. It contains over 100K files and over a GB of space. I couldn't find any command or extension to clean or compact it. Am I missing anything?

I back up my profile directory, but it seems to be overly large. It contains over 100K files and over a GB of space. I couldn't find any command or extension to clean or compact it. Am I missing anything?

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cor-el
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Which files take up that much space?

Firefox 4 versions and later keep 10 JSON bookmark backups in the bookmarkbackups folder (earlier versions keep 5).
You do not need to backup them all.

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bradwood
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Well, I'm not going to pick through files; there are over 100K of them! I'm just wondering if there's anything (other than clearing cache) to clean up all the junk.