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Is it possible to have bookmarks sync but have private bookmarks that will not sync?

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theresajayne
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I use firefox account on my devices but I have personal bookmarks in a subfolder on my bookmark bar (Folder marked personal) One of the devices I want to sync other bookmarks to is my work PC but I do not want the personal folder to sync up to the work PC, There does not appear to be any way to mark folders as Do Not sync, Is this a function that is likely to be added or am i stuck having personal/private links being sent up to work which in some situations could cause me problems at work - or do i need to just store these personal links outside of Firefox for privacy?

I use firefox account on my devices but I have personal bookmarks in a subfolder on my bookmark bar (Folder marked personal) One of the devices I want to sync other bookmarks to is my work PC but I do not want the personal folder to sync up to the work PC, There does not appear to be any way to mark folders as Do Not sync, Is this a function that is likely to be added or am i stuck having personal/private links being sent up to work which in some situations could cause me problems at work - or do i need to just store these personal links outside of Firefox for privacy?

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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No, it's all or nothing with Bookmarks synchronization.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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What you could do is to create an HTML file and place your private bookmarks inside.

McCoy
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Hello theresajayne,

As a work around you could create separate profiles: one with
bookmarks, and one without bookmarks (a bit of a hassle, though) .....

Profile Manager - Create, remove, or switch Firefox profiles

McCoy
McCoy
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In case you have Microsoft Word; see my post in this thread :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1277408

cor-el
cor-el
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You can also consider not to sync bookmarks, but for special cases use "Send Tab(s) to Device".

See also this extension: