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How do you delete a profile using commandline

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How do I use commandline to remove a profile. I know how to do it via the profile manager but need to automate it via commandline

How do I use commandline to remove a profile. I know how to do it via the profile manager but need to automate it via commandline

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You can only create a profile using the command line, you can't remove a profile including files. Since removing a profile involves updating profiles.ini and possibly removing files in two locations (AppData\Roaming and AppData\Local) you will likely have to use the Profile Manager to remove a profile easily and properly. You can either use the Profile Manager or use the about:profiles page to manage profiles.

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See if this is what your looking for : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options

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There seems to be no option to delete profile in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options

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Maybe this one then (sorry do not have time o read them all) http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bypassing_the_Profile_Manager


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You can only create a profile using the command line, you can't remove a profile including files. Since removing a profile involves updating profiles.ini and possibly removing files in two locations (AppData\Roaming and AppData\Local) you will likely have to use the Profile Manager to remove a profile easily and properly. You can either use the Profile Manager or use the about:profiles page to manage profiles.

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I found removing the files worked fine and recreating it with -CreateProfile option worked