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I followed the instructions in the "Safe Mode" article and "Importing Bookmarks from an HTML file" and the old bookmarks are still there when I restart.

metcalfewhite
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Need to delete all bookmarks and replace them. I am seeing some bookmarks propagating themselves throughout the bookmarks list and I can't delete them in Organize Bookmarks.

I followed the instructions in the "Safe Mode" and "Importing Bookmarks from an HTML file" articles.

In Safe Mode, I checked the "Delete all bookmarks except for backups" check box and clicked the "Make Changes and Restart" button. The result: the old bookmarks are still there. I expected the bookmark list to be empty.

Why are the old bookmarks still there when FF restarts?

Need to delete all bookmarks and replace them. I am seeing some bookmarks propagating themselves throughout the bookmarks list and I can't delete them in Organize Bookmarks. I followed the instructions in the "Safe Mode" and "Importing Bookmarks from an HTML file" articles. In Safe Mode, I checked the "Delete all bookmarks except for backups" check box and clicked the "Make Changes and Restart" button. The result: the old bookmarks are still there. I expected the bookmark list to be empty. Why are the old bookmarks still there when FF restarts?

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TonyE
TonyE
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The file that stores bookmarks may be locked or damaged which is preventing them from being deleted. Try deleting places.sqlite as shown on this site - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

Firefox will try to import bookmarks from a backup when you restart Firefox. If you do not want that to happen, in the profile folder where you found places.sqlite, there will be a folder called bookmarkbackups containing a few files with extension .json, delete all of those files. Also delete or rename bookmarks.html in the profile folder to prevent Firefox trying to import bookmarks from that file.

metcalfewhite
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Thanks! That seems to have solved the problem.