How to save/backup all my Firefox settings/extensions?

[Berryracer]

I know how to do it for Thunderbird but how to do it for Firefox?

thanks

 

[Dahak]

Mozbackup is probably the easiest way

 

[jhansman]

Mozbackup is probably the easiest way

Agreed, and it still works on the current version of FF. Also, you can get Xmarks http://www.xmarks.com/about/features for free to sync and backup your bookmarks. I run FF on three computers, and this one add-in has proven to be invaluable.

 

[lxskllr]

I just backup my bookmarks using builtin tools. The rest I replace manually on reinstall. It doesn't take long, and acts as a sanity check for alterations. Sometimes I find I don't need the addons I was using, and the tweaks weren't as useful as I thought.

 

[sm625]

I use FEBE. It is a firefox addon not a separate program. I'm not sure if its any better than mozbackup, but they give step by step instructions that have never failed me.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I've used mozbackup many times to transfer profiles including between XP and 7 and it has worked very well for me. Definitely recommend it!

 

[Towermax]

+1 on MozBackup. We've used it regularly for both Firefox and TBird with no problems.

 

[bruceb]

FeBe seems to be the best as it will save all your addon .xpi files as well as the bookmarks.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I have not tried FeBe but Mozbackup also backs up addons and pretty much everything else.

Worked great for me on Thunderbird as well.

 

[bruceb]

Give it a shot ... you may like it.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/

 

[Berryracer]

ok thanks guys ill use Mozbackup for now lets see how it goes

I do use XMARKS and Last PAss so I am more worried about backing up my settings / addons which i've spent a long time on configuring

 

[Berryracer]

Give it a shot ... you may like it.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/

Febe seems to backpup extensions as I read from the description but not the actual profile/settings?

 

[jkroeder]

You don't need any tool. You just make a copy of your Firefox profile folder.

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

 

[Dessert Tears]

You don't need any tool. You just make a copy of your Firefox profile folder.

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

I do this, but I found that tens of MB of deprecated files had accumulated over the years. List of files