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All bookmarks have vanished

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Bookmarks and library does not work for Firefox or Waterfox. For some reason The bookmarks don't function, nor can I recover old bookmark files. I open the Bookmark Library and it is empty, I try to recover an old Bookmark file and it responds with recovery not completed. So what happened? how do I fix the problem?

Bookmarks and library does not work for Firefox or Waterfox. For some reason The bookmarks don't function, nor can I recover old bookmark files. I open the Bookmark Library and it is empty, I try to recover an old Bookmark file and it responds with recovery not completed. So what happened? how do I fix the problem?

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What version of Firefox?

For Waterfox, do you have this Firefox feature:

Run the "Verify Integrity" function. That's here:

Open Firefox's Troubleshooting Information page using any of these methods:

  • "3-bar" menu button > "?" Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • (menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter

Near the bottom, there is a section titled Places Database -- that's the file which stores history and bookmarks. Click the button labeled Verify Integrity. There may be a 10-15 second delay before results appear.

If all is well, the report that appears below the button should start with:

> Task: checkIntegrity
+ The places.sqlite database is sane
+ The favicons.sqlite database is sane

Does yours say that, or something else? You can select and copy the report, and then paste it into a reply for review and comment.

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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

See also:

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.