Hundreds of Firefox profiles take 15 minutes to back up. How do I clear them?
Under C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ko2..... appear hundreds of profiles. This doubles my backup time and seems a waste. How can I get rid of all this garbage? If I uninstall Firefox and than reinstall it, will it save my bookmarks and other preferences while getting rid of junk? Thanx
Under C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ko2.....
appear hundreds of profiles. This doubles my backup time and seems a waste.
How can I get rid of all this garbage?
If I uninstall Firefox and than reinstall it, will it save my bookmarks and other preferences while getting rid of junk?
Thanx
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sistercharity said
Under C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ko2..... appear hundreds of profiles. This doubles my backup time and seems a waste.
How can I get rid of all this garbage?
The "real" profile folder is under AppData\Roaming. What is under AppData\Local is the cache and a few other temporary files. You don't need to back that up at all.
Note that you can see the disk cache and its current state on the about:cache page.
You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
Then you can only add this folder to your backup.