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Wannan tattunawa ta zama daɗaɗɗiya. Yi sabuwar tambaya idan ka na bukatar taimako.

My bookmarks keep reverting to an older pre-cleaned up state.

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byron1
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My bookmarks keep reverting to an older pre-cleaned up state. I have turned off sync and after a day they are back to the messed up version. I go from 1471 w/ duplicates to a restore of 805 cleaned up. What could be at issue?

My bookmarks keep reverting to an older pre-cleaned up state. I have turned off sync and after a day they are back to the messed up version. I go from 1471 w/ duplicates to a restore of 805 cleaned up. What could be at issue?

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cor-el
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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

This can be caused by a problem with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite databases in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

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

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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.