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I thought firefox saved our bookmark list?

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maryjanekitten069
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I signed up for a firefox account for the soul purpose of bookmark back-up in case my computer crashed. Well it crashed and now firefox doesn't have a backup of my bookmarks. Why is this?

I signed up for a firefox account for the soul purpose of bookmark back-up in case my computer crashed. Well it crashed and now firefox doesn't have a backup of my bookmarks. Why is this?

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philipp
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hello maryjanekitten069, firefox sync was not primarily designed as a backup service but to keep multiple devices on the same level (therefore the name firefox sync).

in order to access the data in your sync account you'd need three components: the username, the password & the recovery key generated during the original setup of the account.
in case you have all those three pieces of information available, you can go to firefox > options > sync > set-up sync > i have an account > i don't have the device with me in order to link firefox to your existing account.

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cor-el
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It is best to create a backup of the bookmarks yourself.

Firefox keeps rotating daily JSON backups of the bookmarks in the bookmarkbackups folder, one for each day that Firefox has been started up to a maximum of 10.

  • Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks > Import & Backup > Restore > Choose File