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why the syncing information not dissappear when i disconnect sync in my office desktop?

alsalgo
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I am in the office, in my work, and i disconnect my sync account for the work and i want to connect my personal account but i can't because the syncing information with the first account has not dissapeared and wil be merged with my personal information.

I am in the office, in my work, and i disconnect my sync account for the work and i want to connect my personal account but i can't because the syncing information with the first account has not dissapeared and wil be merged with my personal information.

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Sync isn't intended to be used in that manner. The data which is synchronized isn't a temporary view, the data is copied to Firefox on the device - the data doesn't disappear when you disconnect fron a Sync account or close Firefox.

You can have both work and personal Sync accounts thru having two separate Profiles. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

If you are interested in two separate Profiles,let us know and we can guide you when setting up separate desktop shortcuts for opening each Profile.

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the-edmeister
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Chosen Solution

Sync isn't intended to be used in that manner. The data which is synchronized isn't a temporary view, the data is copied to Firefox on the device - the data doesn't disappear when you disconnect fron a Sync account or close Firefox.

You can have both work and personal Sync accounts thru having two separate Profiles. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

If you are interested in two separate Profiles,let us know and we can guide you when setting up separate desktop shortcuts for opening each Profile.