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Unable to delete my bookmarks on Firefox

Didou631504 Posted messages 9 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
kaneagle Posted messages 86295 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello

I'm using Firefox and I can't delete my bookmarks.

I tried going to my bookmarks and selecting - delete my bookmark, but it's impossible.

Then I tried clicking on the star and selecting at the bottom - delete the bookmark, but that's impossible too.

Do you have a solution? Thank you.

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    kaneagle Posted messages 86295 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 686
     

    Hello,

    Press Ctrl + Shift + O

    Can't you delete anything?

    Example image:

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    If not and you don't want to save anything as a bookmark, go delete the file(s) bookmarks-xxxxxx.json in your profile.

    Press Windows + R
    Type --> control panel and OK

    File Explorer options
    1- View tab
    2- Check --> show hidden files, folders, and drives
    3- Apply
    4- OK.

    Press Windows + E
    Go to --> C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
    xxxxxxx.default-releasebookmarkbackups

    In the bookmarkbackups folder
    Delete the file(s) --> bookmarks-xxxxxx.json

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  2. Didou631504 Posted messages 9 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    I don't have a file to view

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25038 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 167
       

      Hello,

      Here it is:

      https://www.pcastuces.com/pratique/astuces/4563.htm

      Before recreating this file if it is corrupted, I will make a backup in a "neutral" format.

      Enter about:config in the Firefox address bar, search for bookmarks, set autoExportHTML to True; we now have a bookmarks.html file in the profile, make an external copy that we can restore.

      Additionally, there may be corruption in the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files that lead to the json backup, and those would need to be deleted or replaced with new ones from a second Firefox profile installation, which could then be deleted afterwards, or do the opposite: after an external backup of the initial profile, copy these files into the new profile along with other useful ones (credentials...) and delete the first one if it works, or uninstall Firefox, reinstall it, and replace these files with those from the backup.

      https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/profils-la-ou-firefox-conserve-donnees-utilisateur

      The situation described surprises me; are we talking about bookmarks in Bookmarks, right-click or in organize, or those that may be found in the menu bar or favorite sites on the homepage?

      Firefox does not allow deleting the Personal Toolbar or Other bookmarks folders, I don't believe that has any impact on the ones contained within, but you never know.

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  3. Didou631504 Posted messages 9 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    Hello Brucine

    I realize

    that when I open a web page and want to click on the star to save it to my bookmarks, it's impossible

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25038 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 167
       

      Hello,

      Everyone has their habits, I never use that star to save (which works for me), but instead I use Bookmarks to mark the current tab.

      However, to my knowledge, it has never been able to delete any of them when I go through the previous route.

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  4. Didou631504 Posted messages 9 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    It's always the same when I go to my bookmarks on the right side of the screen; after selecting a link, it's impossible to delete.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25038 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 167
       

      I know well that politics cannot be ordered, but why always lean to the right?

      Here, it's easier for a screenshot on a Windows 10 virtual machine where Firefox is not up to date because I don't use it often, but that doesn't change the question.

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  6. Didou631504 Posted messages 9 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    why on the right because when I got this computer they were on the right.

    it doesn't matter on the right or elsewhere

    the problem is that I can no longer delete them or save them

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25038 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 167
       

      I'm not talking about the bookmarks star or anything else on the right, but about the bookmarks menu which, as shown in my screenshot, is not there.

      Now, if it doesn't work from this location, make an external copy of the files mentioned in the last link in <3>, uninstall Firefox, reinstall it, and copy the saved files into the new profile, overwriting the ones that are there.

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  7. kaneagle Posted messages 86295 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 686
     

    Reset Firefox with this -->> ResetBrowser <<--

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    1. Didou631504 Posted messages 9 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      OK, I will first copy my links and delete them. Thank you.

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  8. Didou631504 Posted messages 9 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    Why should I uninstall Firefox because I can’t manage my bookmarks? I believe there must be a solution before I delete everything. Thank you for your help.

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  9. kaneagle Posted messages 86295 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 686
     
     because I can't manage my bookmarks

    Is it possible that the program and/or the profile is corrupted?

    Have you reset Firefox with ResetBrowser?

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