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Firefox bookmarks disappeared when moved to a firefox bookmarks folder.

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I moved my firefox bookmarks into a firefox bookmarks folder to be more organized and they disappeared. Any ideas if they could be recovered? They're not in any other folders, just gone.

I moved my firefox bookmarks into a firefox bookmarks folder to be more organized and they disappeared. Any ideas if they could be recovered? They're not in any other folders, just gone.

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Hi, first try restarting Firefox - 3-bar menu > Exit Firefox in bottom right corner.

If that doesn't help, and in case a Refresh has occurred, please look on your Desktop for a file named Old Firefox Data - Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings.

If the file isn't there, you can try this: Open bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks > Import and Backup > Restore, and see if you have a backup there.

If not, please see -

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!

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Valitud lahendus

Hi, first try restarting Firefox - 3-bar menu > Exit Firefox in bottom right corner.

If that doesn't help, and in case a Refresh has occurred, please look on your Desktop for a file named Old Firefox Data - Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings.

If the file isn't there, you can try this: Open bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks > Import and Backup > Restore, and see if you have a backup there.

If not, please see -

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!

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Note that if you see this happen then you can try to use "Organize -> Undo" in the Bookmarks Manager (Library) to see if you can undo this action.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database (bookmarks and history) in the Firefox profile folder.

See also:

If the Places Maintenance extension can't repair the places.sqlite database then remove all places.sqlite file(s) in the Firefox profile folder to make Firefox rebuild the places.sqlite database from the most recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.