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Bookmarks have changed to youtube 'shorts' videos

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My bookmarks have experienced a strange problem. Most of them still retain the original correct title but they now show a Youtube icom to the left and in fact each one directs me to a youtube 'shorts' video. I have no explanation for this other than recently I started viewing some youtube 'shorts'. Any help on getting my proper bookmarks back much appreciated. I am running a current version of firefox. Thank you.

My bookmarks have experienced a strange problem. Most of them still retain the original correct title but they now show a Youtube icom to the left and in fact each one directs me to a youtube 'shorts' video. I have no explanation for this other than recently I started viewing some youtube 'shorts'. Any help on getting my proper bookmarks back much appreciated. I am running a current version of firefox. Thank you.
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cor-el
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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

This could be a problem with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use the "Places Database" -> "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox or reboot and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from the most recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created
  • you lose the history when a new places.sqlite is created

You may have to restore an older bookmarks backup in the bookmarkbackups folder via the Bookmarks Manager (Library).

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).