Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

Funkcionalnosć toś togo sedła se pśez wótwardowańske źěła wobgranicujo, kótarež maju wašo dožywjenje pólěpšyś. Jolic nastawk waš problem njerozwězujo a cośo pšašanje stajiś, wobrośćo se na našo zgromoźeństwo pomocy, kótarež na to caka, wam na @FirefoxSupport na Twitter a /r/firefox na Reddit pomagaś.

Avatar for Username

Pomoc pśepytaś

Glědajśo se wobšudy pomocy. Njenapominajomy was nigda, telefonowy numer zawołaś, SMS pósłaś abo wósobinske informacije pśeraźiś. Pšosym dajśo suspektnu aktiwitu z pomocu nastajenja „Znjewužywanje k wěsći daś“ k wěsći.

Dalšne informacije

Toś ta nitka jo se archiwěrowała. Pšosym stajśo nowe pšašanje, joli trjebaśo pomoc.

How to unsync my Work PC & stop FF from asking me to sign in.

  • 1 wótegrono
  • 1 ma toś ten problem
  • 18 naglědow
  • Slědne wótegrono wót the-edmeister

stanstr
stanstr
more options

When Firefox updated last time (on my PC at work), it opened with a page asking me to sign into my FF account. Stupidly, I signed in. Next time I looked, the Bookmarks Toolbar looked wrong and I realized that it is what I use at home, and I couldn't get to any of my work bookmarks. I finally figured out how to get them back, but I'd really like to get it back to where it's not asking me to sign in constantly.

I'm also really upset that it changed my bookmarks. Not everyone knows how FF syncs and that signing in on the wrong computer will cause changes that will cost lost productivity. 

    →  →  →  →  IT SHOULD COME WITH A WARNING BEFORE IT COMPLETES ANY ACTIONS!  ←  ←  ←  ←

In other words, before it merged my bookmarks, it should have come up with a warning that explicitly said it was about to merge bookmarks from another computer, and ask if I really want to continue - as well as with any other action signing into your account does.

Is there any way I can sign into my FF account on a FF page - but NOT on the computer, so I can see what's there? If I click to 'Disconnect' my account, will it stop asking me to sign in? How do I update the name/email address of my FF Account?

When Firefox updated last time (on my PC at work), it opened with a page asking me to sign into my FF account. Stupidly, I signed in. Next time I looked, the Bookmarks Toolbar looked wrong and I realized that it is what I use at home, and I couldn't get to any of my work bookmarks. I finally figured out how to get them back, but I'd really like to get it back to where it's not asking me to sign in constantly. I'm also really upset that it changed my bookmarks. Not everyone knows how FF syncs and that signing in on the wrong computer will cause changes that will cost lost productivity. → → → → IT SHOULD COME WITH A WARNING BEFORE IT COMPLETES ANY ACTIONS! ← ← ← ← In other words, before it merged my bookmarks, it should have come up with a warning that explicitly said it was about to merge bookmarks from another computer, and ask if I really want to continue - as well as with any other action signing into your account does. Is there any way I can sign into my FF account on a FF page - but NOT on the computer, so I can see what's there? If I click to 'Disconnect' my account, will it stop asking me to sign in? How do I update the name/email address of my FF Account?

Wšykne wótegrona (1)

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
  • Moderator
more options

First, see this support article to learn how to disable the data types that you don't want synchronized to a device. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-choose-what-types-information-sync-firefox

No, there is no way to view your data that is sitting in your Firefox account on the Sync server. The manner in which encrypts Sync data prevents Sync data from being viewed outside of the devices that are / were connected to Sync. The "password" which is algorithmically created in your Firefox installation isn't "shared" off of your devices, it remains on your connected devices.

Please see this search of the Firefox support knowledge base to learn how Sync works. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/search/advanced?q=Sync&language=en-US&product=firefox&sortby_documents=relevance&a=1&w=1