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My FF account settings are replaced with settings in Edge and the dreaded Bing.

Carlisle Mike Wick
Carlisle Mike Wick
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Firefox default website and all Firefox log ins are discarded from my FF account and are replaced by Microsoft with settings in Edge and the dreaded Bing. My default web browser is FF and has been for many years. Can I save my FF data to somewhere in FF so that my info is safe from MS and Google?

Firefox default website and all Firefox log ins are discarded from my FF account and are replaced by Microsoft with settings in Edge and the dreaded Bing. My default web browser is FF and has been for many years. Can I save my FF data to somewhere in FF so that my info is safe from MS and Google?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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This could occur if Firefox created a new profile and imported data from Edge. However, all your normal data would be missing in that case. If that might be what happened, check to see whether you can return to your regular profile using the steps in the first section of the following article: Recover lost or missing Bookmarks.

Otherwise, if you manually switch your home page and default search engine, do the changes stick or do they get overridden after either closing/restarting Firefox to shutting down/restarting Windows?

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