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Firefox Profile Folder

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I’m not internet savvy. What is the Firefox Profile Folder and exactly where can I find it? And what’s it for?? I have never heard of it until five minutes ago. Thank you for being nice and helping me to understand. DebC54

I’m not internet savvy. What is the Firefox Profile Folder and exactly where can I find it? And what’s it for?? I have never heard of it until five minutes ago. Thank you for being nice and helping me to understand. DebC54

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi Debbie, is your question about a desktop version of Firefox (Windows, Mac, Linux), or a mobile device? I will assume desktop.

Firefox stores your settings and accumulated data like bookmarks together in one folder, which is called a profile folder. You can create more profile folders if you like, for example, to separate personal and work browsing.

This article has more info and links: Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data