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I accidentally deleted one of my bookmark folders. I thought it'd be in the recycle bin, but it isn't. Can it be recovered?

MadeInTheShade
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While trying to delete a link in one of my Bookmark folders, I ended up accidentally deleting the whole folder. I looked in the Recycle Bin hoping it to recover it, but it isn't in there.

While trying to delete a link in one of my Bookmark folders, I ended up accidentally deleting the whole folder. I looked in the Recycle Bin hoping it to recover it, but it isn't in there.

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cor-el
cor-el
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If you have accidentally removed bookmarks then use "Organize > Undo" in the bookmarks manager (Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks) to get them back.
The Organize button is the first of the three buttons on the toolbar in the Library (Bookmarks Manager).
That only works if you haven't closed Firefox.
If it didn't work then you can restore the bookmarks from a JSON backup.
This will replace all current bookmarks and you lose bookmarks that were added since that backup was created.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox

MadeInTheShade
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First off, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I did wind up closing Firefox before coming here and seeing this. But now I know that next time I accidentally delete a bookmark to follow your advice.