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Firefox booksmarks

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When I open Firefox then click on book marks it list all my book marks, over and over again for four or five copies. How do I delete the extra copies? Other than one at a a time. [email protected].

When I open Firefox then click on book marks it list all my book marks, over and over again for four or five copies. How do I delete the extra copies? Other than one at a a time. [email protected].

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Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.

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Are you possibly using Sync to sync the bookmarks as that can be a possible cause for multiple copies of bookmarks ?


If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

This can be caused by a problem with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite databases in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

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You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.