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delete bookmarks

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I am unable to delete bookmarks using any of the standard methods: cut, remove, delete and am not comfortable venturing down the rabbit hole of " places.sqlite" . I have good enough computer skills but have no business going into that realm. This seems absurd to me that this requires delving into the deep files and clicking on things I do not understand that sound like I'm doing something I shouldn't be touching.

Any solution??

I am unable to delete bookmarks using any of the standard methods: cut, remove, delete and am not comfortable venturing down the rabbit hole of " places.sqlite" . I have good enough computer skills but have no business going into that realm. This seems absurd to me that this requires delving into the deep files and clicking on things I do not understand that sound like I'm doing something I shouldn't be touching. Any solution??

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If any errors are reported, check this link: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional

The places.sqlite file contains your History and Bookmarks. And it looks like it is corrupted.

Type about:support<enter> in the address bar.

Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.

Locate the above file. Then rename or delete it. Restart Firefox. The browser should then create a new place.sqlite and recover your bookmarks from the backup files.

Note: Your history is not backed up and will be lost.

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The right-click context menu for bookmarks should have Remove Bookmark -- this is the new label for Delete in recent versions. Does your Firefox have that? If so, does it work?

If you can't remove bookmarks, could you let us know what you get when you run the "Verify Integrity" function. That's here:

Open Firefox's Troubleshooting Information page using any of these methods:

  • "3-bar" menu button > Help > More Troubleshooting Information
  • (menu bar) Help > More Troubleshooting Information
  • type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter

Near the bottom, there is a section titled Places Database -- that's the file which stores history and bookmarks. Click the button labeled Verify Integrity. There may be a 10-15 second delay before results appear.

If all is well, the report that appears below the button should start with:

> Task: checkIntegrity
+ The places.sqlite database is sane
+ The favicons.sqlite database is sane


Does yours say that, or something else? You can select and copy the report, and then paste it into a reply for review and comment.

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I do have the "remove bookmark" when R clicking but nothing happens

Here's what I get with "verify integrity" under the Places Data base

> Task: checkIntegrity + The places.sqlite database is sane + The favicons.sqlite database is sane > Task: invalidateCaches + The caches have been invalidated > Task: checkCoherence + The database is coherent > Task: expire + Database cleaned up > Task: originFrecencyStats + Recalculated origin frecency stats > Task: vacuum - Unable to vacuum database > Task: stats - The task queue was cleared by an error in another task.

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If any errors are reported, check this link: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional

The places.sqlite file contains your History and Bookmarks. And it looks like it is corrupted.

Type about:support<enter> in the address bar.

Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.

Locate the above file. Then rename or delete it. Restart Firefox. The browser should then create a new place.sqlite and recover your bookmarks from the backup files.

Note: Your history is not backed up and will be lost.

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Thank you so much for responding. This was an east fix I would never have sorted out myself. The problem extremely annoying. Thanks again.

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Glad to help. Safe Surfing.