

These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Relaunch Firefox browser to see that the settings from the older backup have been loaded.Īgain, if you find the manually backing up or restoring of the Firefox profile then you can always use the free tool MozBackup that is able to work with Mozilla Firefox as well as Mozilla Thunderbird.You have to allow overwriting of files, so choose Yes if Windows asks you about overwriting files. You can copy them all, or selectively copy files based on how much of a restoration you want to perform.

Copy the files from the backup folder into the default Firefox profile folder.If Firefox is running, then you cannot overwrite the profile files. Follow first two steps from the backup process as explained above to open the default Firefox profile folder in Windows File Explorer.Restoring Firefox settings from a backup manually: search.json – all the installed search engines are placed in this file.prefs.js – Firefox settings are contained in this file.places.sqlite – it contains the webpages that you have bookmarked.logins.json – this file contains stored passwords in encrypted format ( ke圓.db is needed to decrypt).ke圓.db – this file contains master password to decrypt stored passwords.formhistory.sqlite – history of words / phrases entered in search fields, text fields etc.cookies.sqlite – it contains all the cookies stored by various web sites.If you do not want to copy all the files, here is a list of important files/folders that you can selectively copy these files: Copy all the files from the profile folder to a folder somewhere to create a backup.Before you start copying files, close down all Firefox windows so it can save all the settings (in case you made some changes a few seconds before). Now you have your default Firefox profile folder opened up in Windows File Explorer in front of you.Scroll down a little and then click on the button labeled Show Folder against Profile Folder.

