How to set up Firefox Sync in Firefox for Android

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Sign in to your Mozilla account on Firefox for Android to sync your bookmarks, credit cards, history, logins and open tabs across your devices.

Sign in to your Mozilla account

Option 1: Pair your mobile browser with Firefox desktop

To sync your bookmarks, credit cards, history, logins and open tabs with Firefox Sync using an existing Mozilla account and QR code:

  • On your Firefox desktop:
    1. Access firefox.com/pair.
    2. Click Get started.
  • On your Firefox for Android app:
    1. Tap the menu button android menu icon
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    2. Tap Sync and save your data.
    3. Tap Ready to scan.
    4. Point your device's camera toward the QR code on your desktop.

Option 2: Log in with credentials

To sync your bookmarks, credit cards, history, logins and open tabs with Firefox Sync by simply signing in to your existing Mozilla account:

  1. Tap the menu button android menu icon
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  2. Tap Sync and save your data.
  3. Tap Use email instead.
  4. Enter your Mozilla account credentials when prompted.

Choose what to sync

  1. Tap the menu button android menu icon
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  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Tap your email address.
  4. Put a check mark next to the types of information you want to sync:
    • Bookmarks
    • Credit cards
    • History
    • Logins
    • Open tabs
Note: Firefox Sync is not an online backup tool but is designed to enable you to sync browsing data between two or more Firefox installations. To save a backup of your data, see Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles.

Connect to a Self Hosted Mozilla account server

To customize your Mozilla account server settings:

  1. Open the Firefox for Android menu.
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Tap About Firefox.
  4. Tap the Firefox icon 5 times.
  5. Go back.
  6. Tap Sync Debug.
  7. Tap Custom Mozilla account server and enter your content server URL (for example: https://www.fxa.example.local).
  8. Tap Custom Sync server and enter your sync server URL (for example: https://token.fxa.example.local/token/1.0/sync/1.5).
  9. Tap ✕ Stop Firefox that appaered in the menu. The server changes will take effect when you run Firefox again.

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