History of Profile Manager - Create, remove or switch Firefox profiles Category: How to Revision history for: English Show Helpfulness Votes Chart Compare Selected Revisions Revision Status S Editor R Comment Nov 8, 2024, 11:30:56 PM Unreviewed AliceWyman minor edits to heading titles (Starting->Start, Creating->Create, etc.) Oct 14, 2024, 9:45:26 AM Current M Stephen A Pohl Removed reference to firefox-bin, which no longer exists on macOS (see bug 1873782) Sep 5, 2024, 1:13:45 AM Approved M AliceWyman capitalization error: Image:fx102ProfileMgr->Fx102ProfileMgr (bug 1867499); deleted pre-fx102 content Oct 13, 2023, 1:15:50 AM Approved M Dayani Lucia G.F. Mozilla account rebrand Aug 3, 2023, 2:26:09 AM Approved BD minor changes Dec 3, 2022, 5:02:30 PM Approved Mozinet extra lines & spaces, typo, and other minor edits Nov 29, 2022, 8:08:06 AM Approved M AliceWyman "Create, remove or rename a profile" heading, other edits Sep 28, 2022, 9:06:25 PM Approved M Marcelo Ghelman missing {/for} fixed Jul 25, 2022, 2:21:08 AM Approved M AliceWyman Image:fx102ProfileMgr "Choose User Profile" with Create/Rename/Delete Profile..., other edits Jul 25, 2022, 1:28:05 AM Approved M Fabi Changed Delete and Rename Profile buttons Mar 1, 2022, 12:02:33 AM Approved M AliceWyman added note about Root and Local Directory Feb 7, 2022, 9:03:26 PM Approved M Lan corrected typo in a link, removed some redundant <br>s Feb 7, 2022, 8:37:09 AM Approved M AliceWyman Use Sync with a new profile: "Welcome to Firefox" page no longer has an email field. Feb 7, 2022, 12:22:02 AM Approved Lan minor Jan 28, 2022, 4:18:59 PM Approved AliceWyman new Image Fx96aboutprofiles-Win , win11 workaround removed Nov 10, 2021, 11:10:05 PM Approved M AliceWyman {for win} -> {for win,win11} (bug 1740617) Sep 14, 2021, 10:40:49 AM Approved AliceWyman new Image Fx92aboutprofiles-Win Mar 24, 2021, 11:39:05 AM Reviewed M Jeff Minor grammar, puntuation, and typo updates. Jul 30, 2020, 7:50:06 PM Approved Michele Rodaro "Creating/Removing a profile" images: Wiki syntax for numbered lists Feb 15, 2020, 9:54:54 PM Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits Feb 15, 2020, 8:17:16 PM Approved M AliceWyman New profile is automatically set as default (see discussion); purged pre-fx68 content Jan 5, 2020, 10:48:20 PM Approved M AliceWyman Use Sync with a new profile: new image, updated for fx71 Aug 9, 2019, 2:33:36 AM Approved M AliceWyman 'Set as default profile' - This option allows you to switch profiles Jul 19, 2019, 8:29:47 AM Approved M AliceWyman Starting the Profile Manager: edits Jun 29, 2019, 7:57:51 AM Approved M AliceWyman Recovering information from an old profile: added link Jun 29, 2019, 5:20:28 AM Approved M AliceWyman Multiple Firefox installations Mar 19, 2019, 7:58:00 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed link to archived article, new ProfileMgr image for win, other edits Mar 10, 2019, 6:49:16 AM Approved M AliceWyman Intro: removed link to archived article. Mar 8, 2019, 12:21:22 AM Approved M AliceWyman another small edit Mar 8, 2019, 12:12:39 AM Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits Mar 7, 2019, 11:48:31 PM Approved M AliceWyman moved about:profiles section to the top, other edits Jan 22, 2019, 9:14:50 AM Approved M Joni added fx67 link to dedicated profiles Oct 9, 2018, 1:16:55 AM Approved M Bor Fix "</for}" syntax Oct 7, 2018, 9:14:12 PM Approved M AliceWyman Launch profile in new browser (bug 1367743) fixed in fx63; other edits Oct 7, 2018, 6:39:01 AM Approved M TheTechKid Replaced pictures because pictures were from pre macOS Yosemite Oct 7, 2018, 5:50:12 AM Unreviewed TheTechKid messed up on previous change Oct 7, 2018, 5:47:52 AM Unreviewed TheTechKid modified a picture because picture was from pre macOS Yosemite Mar 15, 2018, 4:10:16 AM Approved M AliceWyman Bug 1442200 is fixed. about:profiles "Remove" warning not needed for fx60. Mar 5, 2018, 5:31:43 AM Approved M AliceWyman added warning for fx58 if about:profiles is used to remove a profile. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442200 Dec 2, 2017, 11:45:47 PM Approved M AliceWyman edits to last revision Dec 2, 2017, 11:32:12 PM Approved M AliceWyman Use Sync with your new profile Nov 13, 2017, 6:04:23 AM Approved M AliceWyman linked to dedicated profile articles and other edits Oct 31, 2017, 10:16:54 PM Approved M AliceWyman removed content for fx45 Oct 31, 2017, 10:01:54 PM Approved M AliceWyman (edit to pending revision) added note about "Launch profile in new browser", other edits Oct 15, 2017, 2:29:41 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman about:profiles: hid "Launch profile ..." - see discussion Oct 13, 2017, 7:04:38 PM Reviewed M Underpass fomat for "note" and "warning" Oct 13, 2017, 6:09:41 PM Approved M Ömer Timur added Linux pics to creating, removing and manage profile sections Oct 13, 2017, 5:45:30 AM Approved AliceWyman {for win} replaced fx48 about:profiles image with fx52 image Oct 13, 2017, 1:51:31 AM Approved M AliceWyman added Fx48 about:profiles screenshot for mac; still need for Linux Oct 12, 2017, 9:33:38 AM Approved M AliceWyman "Launch profile in new browser" edited, mentioned -no-remote (see discussion) Oct 12, 2017, 1:54:45 AM Approved M AliceWyman Added about:profiles screenshots, reorganized sections per discussion Oct 11, 2017, 9:25:33 PM Approved M AliceWyman still more edits (see discussion) Oct 11, 2017, 9:41:41 AM Approved M AliceWyman more edits (see discussion) Oct 11, 2017, 4:21:33 AM Unreviewed Tonnes nits to summary, 1 button text, 1 header text, fix internal links - see discussion Oct 11, 2017, 2:25:05 AM Approved M Joni added info for changing profile in browser Aug 9, 2017, 7:52:34 AM Approved Joni edited search tags Nov 7, 2016, 1:18:55 AM Approved M AliceWyman link updated for "64-bit Firefox" on 64-bit Windows Jul 6, 2016, 12:55:43 AM Reviewed M Tonnes Win 10 needs Win+R for Run command (please verify) Feb 17, 2016, 12:37:15 AM Approved jrmuizel-obsolete Explain that Finder should be used for navigating. Dec 25, 2015, 10:01:25 PM Approved M AliceWyman small edits to last revision Dec 25, 2015, 9:48:13 PM Unreviewed AliceWyman more updates for win64-bit Firefox (see discussion) and other minor edits Dec 4, 2015, 7:14:10 PM Approved M AliceWyman updated for win64-bit Firefox, which installs in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ Aug 26, 2015, 5:34:45 AM Approved M Tonnes add/restore -p option for non-linux (see discussion), move {/note}{/for} Aug 23, 2015, 8:48:20 PM Approved M AliceWyman Starting the Profile manager: Alternative method for Windows Vista/7/8/10 (see discussion) Aug 10, 2015, 7:55:40 AM Approved David (satdav) added the tag for firefox 8 for touch Jul 28, 2015, 11:43:38 PM Approved M AliceWyman edited pending revision to remove duplicate content Jul 28, 2015, 5:55:33 PM Unreviewed Underpass better explain to close Firefox before starting the Profile Manager Jul 21, 2015, 7:46:20 PM Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision, added "A Run dialog will open" for win7+ Jul 21, 2015, 6:51:26 PM Approved M Underpass added "for" statement to windows block (start profile manager) Jul 21, 2015, 1:31:44 AM Approved M AliceWyman shortened search summary, mentioned -ProfileManager for win, mac Jul 19, 2015, 4:31:04 AM Approved AliceWyman fixed typo Jul 19, 2015, 4:13:39 AM Approved M AliceWyman Linux note: you can use -ProfileManager instead of -P (see discussion) Jul 18, 2015, 11:02:34 PM Approved M AliceWyman added Linux screenshot and other edits - see discussion Jul 18, 2015, 11:28:06 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman updated Mac screenshot for fx30, clarified capital P (alt: ProfileManager) for Linux - see discussion Jul 7, 2015, 11:13:07 AM Approved M AliceWyman renamed "Don't ask at startup" heading Jul 7, 2015, 11:05:34 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated Windows screenshot, added note about the checkbox, "Use the selected profile without asking at startup" Sep 5, 2014, 3:50:52 AM Approved user917725 removed Template:ShareArticle May 31, 2014, 11:21:30 AM Reviewed M poetue wanna change into my language Aug 4, 2012, 2:31:55 AM Approved scoobidiver fixed links Jun 29, 2012, 12:10:32 AM Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary Jun 21, 2012, 7:13:46 PM Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template May 12, 2012, 7:53:58 PM Approved Tonnes remove first {/for} May 9, 2012, 2:31:29 AM Approved M Michael Verdi for fx13 - added note about reset firefox feature Jan 31, 2012, 5:26:16 AM Approved M AliceWyman I changed the note at the top of the article to avoid scaring off users. See Discussion: Saying "you should avoid using multiple profiles" scares users away" Dec 28, 2011, 9:22:24 PM Approved M AliceWyman Removed the Windows screencast, which no longer matches the article instructions- see discussion Nov 1, 2011, 6:09:01 AM Approved M Michael Verdi for consistency, reordered instructions for opening the run dialog Nov 1, 2011, 3:48:36 AM Approved M scoobidiver Linux: -P instead of -p, no misleading screenshots Oct 25, 2011, 4:48:29 AM Unreviewed Tonnes nit: obsolete ''' Oct 20, 2011, 7:39:47 AM Unreviewed scoobidiver -ProfileManager replaced by -p, simplified steps on Win, 64-bit Win case Oct 14, 2011, 9:18:16 AM Approved M Michael Verdi Making a major edit so that the article changes and format changes can be marked ready for localization Oct 11, 2011, 10:25:27 AM Approved Michael Verdi cleaned up old tikiwiki note characters, made note and warning style consistent Sep 25, 2011, 9:07:28 PM Approved M AliceWyman made screencast for win only; changed notes on choosing profile folder location and "Delete Files" option into warnings Aug 21, 2011, 12:12:20 AM Approved M scoobidiver changed keywords Mar 7, 2011, 11:01:09 PM Approved M AliceWyman updated for Firefox 4 by adding closeFirefox template - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forums/knowledge-base-articles/693716 Dec 17, 2010, 8:45:40 AM Approved AliceWyman added line breaks in front of code Dec 10, 2010, 6:59:55 AM Approved scoobidiver fix nested lists Dec 10, 2010, 4:14:20 AM Approved M Michael Verdi added summary and keywords, removed a broken video Jun 10, 2010, 5:58:36 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman reworded last edit Compare Selected Revisions You are about to mark this revision as Ready for Localization. Are you sure you wish to proceed? Submit Cancel Document contributors AliceWyman Underpass Tonnes Michele Rodaro David (satdav) Michael Verdi scoobidiver Swarnava Sengupta Mozinet user917725 Bor Lan Joni Marcelo Ghelman jrmuizel-obsolete Ömer Timur TheTechKid Fabi BD Dayani Lucia G.F. Stephen A Pohl