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Double Bookmarks

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When I click on my bookmarks drop down at the top of the screen all my bookmarks & folders are listed twice, but when I add a new bookmark only the second set update. How do I delete these duplicate bookmarks?

When I click on my bookmarks drop down at the top of the screen all my bookmarks & folders are listed twice, but when I add a new bookmark only the second set update. How do I delete these duplicate bookmarks?

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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

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

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

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a 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

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

You may have to restore an older compressed .jsonlz4 backup.