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How to remove/delete synced data from a laptop, after signing out of Firefox? I want it to be cleared only from that Laptop storage and not available locally.

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Khsema
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I have registered in Firefox in my Personal Laptop. In that it remains signed in and have stored personal logins, passwords and Personal Bookmarks. In my OFFICE Laptop, I had signed once in Firefox to get a login. After that, I had signed out from the Firefox in Office Laptop. But, obviously, Firefox had synced entire Personal data in this Laptop also. I don't want my personal Firefox data to be available in the local memory/hard disk of my Office Laptop after I have signed out from the Firefox. How to find these data and Delete/Remove them from the Personal Laptop.

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I have registered in Firefox in my Personal Laptop. In that it remains signed in and have stored personal logins, passwords and Personal Bookmarks. In my OFFICE Laptop, I had signed once in Firefox to get a login. After that, I had signed out from the Firefox in Office Laptop. But, obviously, Firefox had synced entire Personal data in this Laptop also. I don't want my personal Firefox data to be available in the local memory/hard disk of my Office Laptop after I have signed out from the Firefox. How to find these data and Delete/Remove them from the Personal Laptop. Thanks.

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Shadow110
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Thank you for your question about the Firefox Sync service.

It appears from your question, that you are using Firefox Sync as a back up service. This is not what Sync is designed to do. The Firefox Sync service takes a copy of the data you wish to include and transfers it to a second device (typically a mobile device such as a tablet or a telephone) running a copy of Firefox. The storage in between all attached devices is both temporary and fragile and is not stable enough to be (and is not designed as) a reliable backup service.

If you have a copy of your Firefox profile for desktop Firefox, you may be able to recover your bookmarks and other data. Please have a read of this article.

If you have a copy of your data on a mobile version of Firefox, please follow these instructions to connect it to Firefox Sync to copy your data. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer#w_connect-additional-devices-to-sync_

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-primary-email-address-firefox-accounts https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/forum-response-firefox-sync-verification-email-faq There is info contained in the above URL so can find out how to discontinue using Sync.

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

Shadow110
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Please uninstall Flash 20.0 r0 is 1000's of security risks. Flash Player Version: 28.0.0.126 Current Version https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Step 1: Select Operating System Step 2: Select A Version (Firefox, . . . .) Note: Other software is offered in the download. <Windows Only>

If not up to 57.0.2 please : https://www.howtogeek.com/333230/why-firefox-had-to-kill-your-favorite-extension/

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.