Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Migrating newtabpage

  • 4 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 15 views
  • Last reply by midegi

more options

Hi, How can I copy my newtab-page and it's bookmarks to another instance of Firefox, without having to copy my whole profile or use Firefox-sync?

Hi, How can I copy my newtab-page and it's bookmarks to another instance of Firefox, without having to copy my whole profile or use Firefox-sync?

Chosen solution

If you pin or block a specific page in a tile then this state is saved in two prefs on the about:config page.

You can change the order of the boxes on the about:newtab page and drag an item to a different tile to pin it to that position or you can remove a website by clicking the close X to block that URL. You can drag a bookmark or history item and drop them in a tile on the about:newtab page to pin them and have your own favorites sites showing.

Changes made manually on the about:newtab page are stored in prefs that you can find on the about:config page.

  • browser.newtabpage.pinned stores websites that you have pinned to a tile.
  • browser.newtabpage.blocked stores websites that you have removed by clicking the X button in a tile.
Read this answer in context 👍 1

All Replies (4)

more options

Do you mean the 3x3 tiles on the about:newtab page?

Those tiles contain recently visited websites and are created from the history. You can copy the places.sqlite file from that profile folder to another Firefox profile folder to transfer the bookmarks and the history.

Modified by cor-el

more options

Hi Cor-el, thanks, but I'm afraid that won't do. The tiles are generated from browsing history alright, but as soon as ye pin them, they're no longer so. You get to choose which ones ye want. Also through "about:config" ye can change the quantity of rows and columns. So my question was how to migrate such a customized newtabspage with pinned bookmarks.

more options

Chosen Solution

If you pin or block a specific page in a tile then this state is saved in two prefs on the about:config page.

You can change the order of the boxes on the about:newtab page and drag an item to a different tile to pin it to that position or you can remove a website by clicking the close X to block that URL. You can drag a bookmark or history item and drop them in a tile on the about:newtab page to pin them and have your own favorites sites showing.

Changes made manually on the about:newtab page are stored in prefs that you can find on the about:config page.

  • browser.newtabpage.pinned stores websites that you have pinned to a tile.
  • browser.newtabpage.blocked stores websites that you have removed by clicking the X button in a tile.
more options

THX! Copying/pasting the pinned-info (+restarting Firefox) did the job.