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I had to resent my Mozilla Sign In password, however now I cannot see any of my synced data. Please help. My sync data is extremely important. Please Help.

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I formatted my computer and then wjhenm I had to login to my Firefox Browser. It was not taking any of my old passwords. So, I had to reset my Firefox Sign In password. After the password was reset and sign in. I couldn't find any of my previously synced bookmarks. The synced bookmarks are extremly important for me. I need them back. Kindly suggest and show some way to get them back. Please help. Please Please,

I formatted my computer and then wjhenm I had to login to my Firefox Browser. It was not taking any of my old passwords. So, I had to reset my Firefox Sign In password. After the password was reset and sign in. I couldn't find any of my previously synced bookmarks. The synced bookmarks are extremly important for me. I need them back. Kindly suggest and show some way to get them back. Please help. Please Please,

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Resetting the sync password, or changing its e-mail, will remove all data from the servers.

This is a security feature. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-sync-account-information

  • I've lost my Firefox Sync account information - What to do
  • I’ve forgotten, or don't have access to, my Firefox Account email address
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FredMcD said

Resetting the sync password, or changing its e-mail, will remove all data from the servers. This is a security feature. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-sync-account-information
  • I've lost my Firefox Sync account information - What to do
  • I’ve forgotten, or don't have access to, my Firefox Account email address


That is the dumbest security feature I've ever heard of!!! What if you forget your email password and resetting it deletes everything as a security feature!  ;-(( GTFOH!!!