Fresh firefox profile while keeping bookmarks

Fresh firefox profile while keeping bookmarks

Steps to reset all firefox settings without losing your bookmarks:

1. Click firefox menu "Show all bookmarks"
2. In the newly opened window titled "Library"
   • Click menu "Import and Backup"
   • Click menu-item "Backup"
   • Chose a suitable folder (directory) to save the .json bookmarks backup file.
   • Remember the name of the folder and file name.
   • Click button "Save".
3. Close the window titled "Library"
4. Exit firefox
5. Open a terminal emulator window (xterm, gnome-terminal,...) and enter the following command:

   mv ~/.mozilla/firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox-$(date +%F_%R)

1. Start Firefox again.
2. Again, click menu "Show all bookmarks"
3. And again in "Library" window do:
   • Click menu "Import and Backup"
   • Click menu-item "Restore" --> "Choose file"
   • Select the .json bookmarks backup file you saved earlier.
   • Click button "Open" and click "OK" to confirm you want the bookmarks backup to replace the current bookmarks.