Your Firefox bookmarks disappeared for whatever reason and you need to restore them? Don't panic, it's not hard to do. Assuming that you saved your bookmarks periodically when you deleted or added new ones, your HTML backup file is "sitting" on your computer. You just have to pull it out. Follow this article to learn how to restore your Firefox's bookmarks.
Steps
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Open Firefox and click on Bookmarks in the tool bar.
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Click on Import and Backup .
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Click on Import Bookmarks from HTML . It will take you to your computer.
- Suppose your bookmarks' backup file is called "bookmarksnew" (or "bookmarks"). It's usually located in "Documents" folder.
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Locate this file, highlight it and click on Open button.
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Click on "Bookmarks" on your Firefox tool bar to make sure your bookmarks are restored.Advertisement
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QuestionI accidentally deleted my bookmarks from the toolbar, so this solution doesn't help, as I cannot click on the bookmark icon. What can I do?PorkeyPihgCommunity AnswerYou can access the bookmarks tab by pressing Ctrl + b on Windows or CMD + b on Mac.
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Tips
- It's a good habit to save your bookmarks in HTML file every time you delete some, or add a new one. To do so follow these short steps:
- Go into Bookmark > Show All Bookmarks > Import and Backup. Then instead of choosing "Import Bookmarks from HTML" as above, click on Export Bookmarks to HTML .
- Click on Documents (if you are not already there) and save your bookmarks in HTML file. The file should be already there created by Firefox. Every time you update your bookmarks you save them by overwriting this file. If you do it regularly you will have the most updated bookmarks.
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