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neill.ray
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my favorites tool bar contains 30 or 40 duplicates of the same website favorite. I created a single instance, but Firefox has autonomously replicated the entry many times. How do I delete the superfluous entries? How do I stop Firefox from creating entries autonomously?

my favorites tool bar contains 30 or 40 duplicates of the same website favorite. I created a single instance, but Firefox has autonomously replicated the entry many times. How do I delete the superfluous entries? How do I stop Firefox from creating entries autonomously?

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the-edmeister
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Are you using Sync?
And if so, do you have a "mobile" Firefox version connected to that Sync account / Firefox Account?
That is, Firefox for iOS or Firefox for Android.

cor-el
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Are you using Sync to sync the bookmarks ?

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

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

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

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

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a 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

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

You may have to restore an older backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

The name of an automatically created JSON bookmarks backup in the bookmarkbackups folder includes a total item count (folders and separators included) and an hash value to prevent saving the same backup more than once. You also see this count in the Restore menu drop-down list.

  • bookmarks-YYYY-MM-DD_<item count>_<hash>.jsonlz4.