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lost my bookmarks?

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I formating my pc and instal firefox again but i lost all my data (bookmarks, passwords ...) how can i recover my data again?

I formating my pc and instal firefox again but i lost all my data (bookmarks, passwords ...) how can i recover my data again?

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Did you back up your Firefox user data or your Firefox Profile before formatting your PC?

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no i didn'"t backup it i just sync my profile like i do on google chrome. when i open my account on chrome they recover all my bookmarks but firefox didn't . months of data lost

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So, you where using Firefox Sync, you failed to mention that. Firefox Sync wasn't intended to be used in lieu of a backup.

Do you have any other devices connected to your Sync account?

Did you have any problem when connecting to your Firefox Account when attempting to connect to Firefox Sync?

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i don't have any device connected with my firefox account

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I also have this problem, I had my phone Firefox synced with my pc firefox , when I checked my bookmarks on the phone they were replaced with the ones on the pc, which have nothing but getting started, is there something that can be done

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I was wrong I did find my bookmarks on the phone how can I move them to the PC