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How can I export my about:config from firefox developer edition to firefox browser?

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I made changes to my about:config that improve the privacy of my browser, but I realized that I want to keep the default settings in firefox developer edition as I do web development. Is there a way to export the about:config settings that I have modified to the normal version of firefox so that I can use it for personal stuff?

I made changes to my about:config that improve the privacy of my browser, but I realized that I want to keep the default settings in firefox developer edition as I do web development. Is there a way to export the about:config settings that I have modified to the normal version of firefox so that I can use it for personal stuff?

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JSONman
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My Firefox version on the dev edition is 87.0b5 and 86.0 in the normal version.

cor-el
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The values of modified prefs are stored if prefs.js in the profile folder, but it is really not a good idea to transfer this file. You can possibly check the file in a text editor and copy lines that look important, but newer Firefox versions like DE have a lot of prefs that aren't compatible or are specific to this profile and release. You can also run into issues if you come to update the release profile at a later time from 86 to 87 and the profile needs to be migrated.