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I got a new device and had to sign in and sync everything. When firefox asked about syncing I didn't realize it was asking about using the edge bookmarks to sync with. I tried to cancel but it was too late. Can I undo/remove firefox syncing to edge? Does this mean any changes in Edge will automatically change firefox now? I do not want edge bookmarks/settings. I want to get my old firefox settings back. If it matters: Windows 10 home on one device, Windows 11 on another. All browsers up-to-date.

A while ago I made a Firefox account with my Yahoo email address as the primary email, and my Outlook email address as the secondary email. Eventually I realized that I didn't need my Yahoo email account anymore, so I deleted it, forgetting that it was being used as the primary email for my Firefox account. Now I can't remove my Outlook email from my Firefox account without verifying my Yahoo email account, and I can't even delete the Firefox account since it was made under the Yahoo email account as a primary email address.

Now I can't use my Outlook email address to create a new Firefox account either.

Hi, I switched to a new phone recently, and wasn't able to outright sync all of my open tabs from the old device. It was, however letting me access them from the tab menu on my new device, so it wasn't a big deal.

Now I can't see the other phone in the tab menu, just the sync from my PC. I don't have the old phone anymore, because it was a trade in for my current device.

Is there any way to get my old tabs back? The sync must have timed out, because there was no activity for a period of time. I have Firefox synced on all of my devices.

Thank you.

I recently deleted accounts and passwords that were stored in Firefox under my web browser account. Is there anyway I can get that data restored? I have access to the same email/account in Firefox, but need to restore the deleted website account/credential data.

Hi Team

I have saved password in FF but unfortunately I have removed the saved password from one device .But it has removed from all my devices . Is there any chance to restore the data for me .

I use Zen Browser and I feel very satisfied with its features and stability, although there are still shortcomings, but nothing compared to all the advantages. Here I want to ask about how to open zen browser with the same account but both on different laptops and display all both workspace and container tabs with the same settings? if not, then tell me to import from laptop 1 to laptop 2 for zen browser data?

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Syncing between my desktop and my phone has been working just fine for years, just as it had been with my laptop until recently, but I changed the version of Linux I had installed on my laptop earlier today, and despite being able to sign in just fine (as you can see by me posting this with my account), and it syncing correctly on the initial sign in, actively syncing between my laptop and other devices is not functioning (if I make a new bookmark right now, it will not show up on my phone or desktop).

Looking at the sync page in settings it says "Please sign in to reconnect [my email address]", and the account widget on my toolbar has a yellow triangle symbol and a warning saying "account disconnected", but if I click "connect to another device" on the sync menu and then click "not now" I can get to my account page, fully signed in and able to click buttons to change settings (I signed out my old laptop while I was there just fine).

Attempting to re-sign in by any method (clicking "connect to another device" in the sync menu and then choosing "I already have Firefox mobile"; clicking "sign in" in the sync menu; signing out fully, emptying my cookies etc. and then signing in fresh) all leads me into a loop where I insert my password, provide a verification code from my email, provide my 2-factor code, click "I already have Firefox mobile", and then have to sign in again doing the same steps leading to the same place, forever. I will note, however, that signing out entirely and then signing back in does get me from signed out to signed in despite not correcting this error.

In case it would help I attempted to change my password via the account menu, but it says that my definitely correct password (I used the exact same entry from my clipboard successfully to sign in moments ago) is incorrect, and attempting to use the "forgot my password" menu gives me the error "Unexpected error" instead of doing anything, which is not very helpful. My password remains unchanged. I do not know if this is relevant.

After some looking things up I was made aware of a secret menu called "about:sync-log" which I used to see if I could find an error message, and I did indeed find one (I can guarantee that it's new and relevant because this Linux install is only several hours old).

I don't know how much of this error log is safe to share, so I'll only cut in some choice segments I noticed (which turned out to be, like, over a third of it):

1729711964409 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.no_username => error.login.reason.no_username

[...] <- (I will use this to indicate I've scrolled further down the log; any further edits to the logs will be ##surrounded like so##, for the purpose of visibility)

1729711964819 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.no_username => error.login.reason.no_username

[...]

1729712030365 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsWebChannel message received: fxaccounts:login 1729712030366 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Webchannel is logging a user in. 1729712030368 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG setSignedInUser - aborting any existing flows 1729712030368 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG removing account data 1729712030369 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of json user data: null 1729712030425 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 56 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts TRACE storage set finished clearing account data 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG account data reset 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts TRACE StorageManager finalizing 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts TRACE StorageManager finalized 1729712030427 FirefoxAccounts TRACE initializing new storage manager 1729712030427 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing plain storage: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified"] 1729712030427 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of json user data: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified"] 1729712030454 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 27 1729712030455 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing secure storage: ["keyFetchToken"] 1729712030455 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of user data to the login manager 1729712030467 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of user data to the login manager 1729712030467 FirefoxAccounts TRACE initializing of new storage manager done 1729712030467 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Notifying observers of fxaccounts:onlogin 1729712030468 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG observed fxaccounts:onlogin 1729712030468 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Sync is not configured, so ignoring the notification

[...] (skipping further now. Much of what I skipped over was repetitive)

1729712031351 FirefoxAccounts ERROR error GETing /account/keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031351 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031351 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031355 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 12 1729712031355 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing secure storage: ["keyFetchToken"] 1729712031355 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of user data to the login manager 1729712031360 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of user data to the login manager 1729712031363 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031422 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsWebChannel message received: fxaccounts:loaded 1729712031422 FirefoxAccounts WARN Unrecognized FxAccountsWebChannel command: fxaccounts:loaded 1729712031467 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712031467 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031467 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -467 1729712031467 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712031467 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712031468 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"}

[...] (this last section appears to be the juiciest bit as it contains far more error message looking stuff then the rest of the log, so I made a point to keep it all together for everyone)

1729712031595 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG _updateAccountData with items: ["device"] 1729712031595 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing plain storage: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified","device","oauthTokens","profileCache"] 1729712031595 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of json user data: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified","device","oauthTokens","profileCache"] 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/open-uri 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Webchannel is enabling sync 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031596 Sync.Service INFO Configuring sync with current FxA user 1729712031599 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG observed weave:connected 1729712031599 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Sync has been connected to a logged in user 1729712031600 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031600 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031600 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO The user became verified 1729712031600 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.no_username => success.login 1729712031600 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: service.client_not_configured => success.status_ok 1729712031600 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Doing initial sync actions 1729712031601 Sync.AddonsReconciler INFO Registering as Add-on Manager listener. 1729712031601 Sync.AddonsReconciler DEBUG Adding change listener. 1729712031601 Sync.Engine.History.Tracker INFO Adding Places observer. 1729712031603 Sync.Service DEBUG User-Agent: Firefox/131.0.3 (Linux x86_64) FxSync/##blanked out; looked vaguely identifiable## 1729712031604 Sync.Service INFO Starting sync at 2024-10-23 12:33:51 in browser session ##blanked out; looked vaguely identifiable## 1729712031604 Sync.Service DEBUG In sync: should login. 1729712031604 Sync.Service INFO User logged in successfully - verifying login. 1729712031605 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031606 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG unlockAndVerifyAuthState already has (or can fetch) sync keys 1729712031606 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.login => success.status_ok 1729712031606 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => error.login.failed 1729712031606 Sync.Service DEBUG Fetching unlocked auth state returned success.status_ok 1729712031606 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031607 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1729712031618 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 23 1729712031618 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing secure storage: ["keyFetchToken"] 1729712031618 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of user data to the login manager 1729712031622 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of user data to the login manager 1729712031622 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 1729712031622 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST Length: 84 1729712031659 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 200 1729712031661 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031701 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031701 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031701 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -701 1729712031701 Hawk DEBUG Received 401 for /account/keys: retrying 1729712031702 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031751 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031751 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031752 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -752 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts ERROR error GETing /account/keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031754 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031755 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031795 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712031795 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031795 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -795 1729712031796 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712031796 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712031796 Sync.SyncAuthManager ERROR Authentication error in _fetchTokenForUser: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712031796 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.status_ok => error.login.reason.account 1729712031796 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1729712031797 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/open-uri 1729712031797 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Failed to fetch the cluster URL: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712031797 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Cluster value = null 1729712031797 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.sync: success.sync => error.sync.reason.no_node_found 1729712031797 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.sync.failed 1729712031797 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031797 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Clearing sync triggers and the global score. 1729712031800 Sync.Status INFO Resetting Status. 1729712031800 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.sync.failed => success.status_ok 1729712031800 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712031801 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031803 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1729712031806 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712031806 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031806 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -806 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/close-uri/v1 1729712031807 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712031809 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 1729712031809 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST Length: 84 1729712031876 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 200 1729712031877 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/scoped-key-data: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031877 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -877 1729712031877 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Fetching keys with token true from https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1 1729712031878 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031928 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031928 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031928 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -928 1729712031928 Hawk DEBUG Received 401 for /account/keys: retrying 1729712031929 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031973 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031974 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031974 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -974 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts ERROR error GETing /account/keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031976 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031976 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031976 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712032010 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712032010 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032011 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -1010 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/close-uri/v1 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712032012 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 1729712032012 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST Length: 84 1729712032029 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712032029 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032029 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -29 1729712032029 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712032029 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712032029 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712032056 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 200 1729712032056 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/scoped-key-data: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032056 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -56 1729712032056 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Fetching keys with token true from https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1 1729712032058 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712032101 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712032101 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712032101 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -101 1729712032101 Hawk DEBUG Received 401 for /account/keys: retrying 1729712032102 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712032167 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712032167 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032168 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -168 1729712032168 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712032168 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712032168 Sync.SyncAuthManager ERROR Authentication error in _fetchTokenForUser: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.login => error.login.reason.account 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => error.login.failed 1729712032168 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/open-uri 1729712032168 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Failed to fetch the cluster URL: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712032168 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Cluster value = null 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.sync: success.sync => error.sync.reason.no_node_found 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.sync.failed 1729712032169 Sync.Synchronizer INFO No cluster URL found. Cannot sync. 1729712032169 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Next sync in 600000 ms. (why=schedule) 1729712032171 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712032172 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true)

[...]

Oh wait, that's the end of the log...

Hopefully this is one of those network errors that just resolve itself the next day and not any kind of serious issue.

Hope everyone at Mozilla is having a good day! (:

Warmly, Nicolete <3

I use Mozilla on two things, my laptop and my android cell phone. The syncing on my cell phone appears to work perfectly well. However, when I am on my laptop, I am unable to view my "Tabs from Other Devices" - It will show me tabs from days ago. I've tried manually syncing on both devices but nothing happens.

The only thing that seems to work is if I log out of my Mozilla on my cell phone and log back in but then it will stop syncing again.

If something else isn't syncing, I honestly don't notice because I don't use anything else much.

I see instructions for sync' to a phone, how do I initially (connect) sync to my desktop from my laptop?

When I sync my bookmarks, how does is know which computer is the primary (the one that I want to duplicate changes from)?

For example, I added new bookmarks and revised some old ones on my laptop and did not have the sync on my desktop at the same time. Now, if I sync my laptop to my desktop, how does it know which device is my primary (in this case my laptop) where I made all the changes?

My goal is to revise all the bookmarks currently on my desktop to reflect all the changes I made to them on my laptop. I'd like to do it without duplicates or displaying old desktop residual bookmarks that I deleted and/or modified on the laptop prior to sync to the desktop.

In this case, should I delete my bookmarks from my desktop and then sync to my laptop so as to seamlessly & efficiently have my bookmarks toolbar on the laptop look the same on the desktop?

Thank you for your help here! Christopher

Full scenario: Computer had some issues, so I set up Windows Backup/Restore to a point just before resetting it, saving that data to an external drive. Then, I reset Windows, choosing the option that lets you keep your files (most of them it looks like) while it reinstalls everything else.

I knew it'd wipe Firefox and I'd need to reinstall it, but when I synced my account, it didn't have logs. The logs are archives of various chats on a website I used to talk to friends. I know those used to be accessible through Firefox's directory under Program Files by checking the data saved for that website (something I had to do once before to remove corrupted logs), but that data obviously wouldn't be there now.

I should've considered this beforehand but I had no idea that data for different websites might not be included in a sync. It does have files for Firefox but I decided not to touch them, since I'd already synced and I didn't know if reverting to that Backup might break Firefox somehow. Or worse, cause me to lose MORE data.

Question now is, what's the chance those might be in that backup I saved? More specifically, data stored about websites I visited.

Reinstalled Firefox after a computer upgrade and now I'm stuck with a disconnected account and a sync loop. I login and it shows login confirmed but I look in the top right corner where you access your account and it shows that it's disconnected. On top of that, I backed up all of my tabs, favorites and passwords but I don't have the ability to import it from the back up. I'm only given the options to import from another browser. Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated.

I have Firefox Sync enabled in my Firefox browser on a few computers. When I logged in to Firefox Sync initially, it did sync-up my new computer with all of the saved bookmarks and history. I am not sure if any of my logins were saved). When I go to websites and login, I am prompted with the dialog to save my credentials, and I say ok, save. But the logins are not remembered. And in my about:logins page shows "no logins found". I don't care about retrieving any old logins, I just want to be able to save new ones and get the default behavior of saving logins working again.

I can sync my home desktop (Windows 10), home tablet (Windows 11), and phone (Android) just fine, but I am having trouble syncing with my work desktop (Windows 10). As I can work from home, I would like to keep my bookmarks, history, etc. synced.

While at work, when I start Firefox, it says that I am running an older version of Firefox and either need to create a new profile or exit to avoid problems. So I create a new profile, then update to 117, then restart Firefox, and things are fine for a bit. Eventually though, if I exit Firefox, it will go through this cycle again the next time I start Firefox. When I check the version after starting, it says that I am on version 115, even though I already updated to 117. I went into about:profiles I saw that there were several profiles there: default, default-release, then default-release-1, 2, etc., with the most recent number being the one currently in use.

Could this be some sort of organizational setting that is preventing the update from sticking? Is 117 not 'backwards compatible' with 115, so to speak, with regards to syncing? Any way to work around this? Any insights here would be appreciated.

Hi. I am a graphic designer and Web master. I use your browser since I think it's the best. I did a format of my pc and I forgot the password of my account. So I did forgot password. Thinking all my password would of sync and follow me. But it didn't. I had over 1000 password from site that I have recently work on and some still working on it. Which were most of them auto generate. Which I wouldn't have a clue of any of them. PLEASE Is there a way for me to regret my passwords? Only the password. Please thanks!

Hello, I was reinstalling my OS, and I didn't create recovery code for my data to retrieve it after (which I found out after reinstalling my OS) on my Mozilla Firefox account, I had a lot of passwords, bookmarks and data that I need to recover, also for my full time job a lot of valuable data which I have lost now. I couldn't find any email address so I can address my concern directly, It's why I am posting here. Please help, I am so lost now. I can also provide you with any information needed, just let me know.

Firefox Account Email: [email]@hotmail.com Contact Email: [email]@hotmail.com

I would really appreciate your help, and hoping on resolving my concern in a timely manner.

Blagojche

I do not remember my password from almost 3 years ago. I am not sure my passwords still stored in my old firefox account but I found my recovery key. I will try to do password reset but it says resetting password resets the account data. I got the e-mail for password reset but I am not sure to click it if because I am afraid that it resets my data. When I enter it does it provide option for to enter recovery key to not to delete the data I have?

Hiya good citizens of the internet 👋

Please help me recover my bookmarks 🥺

I've gone through every single support article on this topic and tried everything suggested and still no luck. This is my hail mary.

How I got here I needed to do a full wipe and reinstal of my macOS; this was conducted with the help of the Genuis bar. Upon reinstalling Firefox, I signed into my account and my bookmarks are all gone, records of them empty.

I should also note that nothing else ported over. No passwords, no browser extensions. Nada. The passowrds and extensions aren't a big deal. I use a 3rd-party password manager and can easily re-download the handful of extensions/widgets. But I heavily relied on bookmarks for both frequently visited sites and ones rarely-used which I knew were important for future reference. And I cannot remember 80% of them...

What else I've tried other than what's suggested in help article:

• Because I did not check to confirm which Firefox profile I've been signed into for ages and ages before doing the reset, I thought maybe I had just signed into the wrong one. I proceeded to try every other email address I have, including two from my old workplace. None of the other 5 emails had profiles created. I know this because it prompted the sign up userflow; create a password, etc.
• But I also know for a fact that the bookmarks were saved as part of a profile because I used the profile sync feature to auto-port all my bookmarks when I first got this Macbook a year and a bit ago.
• The folders where bookmark backup info is stored locally are empty... Clearly, it wasn't stored in my icloud documents (that's on me for not double-checking)
• I checked my other device (mobile phone) to see if I had firefox downloaded and was signed into the same account as the original, with the bookmarks still visible. Of course I didn't. I only use Safari on my phone 😭

""Grasping at straws: the only other things I can think of""

• Is there some way of linking my MAC address with my IP address and using those to triangulate the correct profile?
• Because my computer got wiped and nothing is saved locally, my only hope is that my bookmarks are floating around the ether. If so, I just need to figure out how to find them.

Any and all help/suggestions are massively appreciated!!

Thanks in advance,

Lauren