{"id":13615,"date":"2019-01-07T05:24:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13615"},"modified":"2019-01-07T05:25:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T05:25:44","slug":"find-your-firefox-profile-location-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/find-your-firefox-profile-location-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Find Your Firefox Profile Location in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox stores all your settings (including home page, bookmarks and passwords) in a profile folder that keeps your personal information separate from the Firefox program. When Firefox keeps crashing or your PC can&#8217;t boot, your information won&#8217;t be lost (at least your Firefox saved passwords could be recovered). In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 ways to find your Firefox profile location in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Find Your Profile Folder When Firefox is Running<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>After opening Firefox, click on the <strong>Menu<\/strong> button (the icon with three lines) in the upper right side of the address bar, and then select <strong>Help<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/firefox-help-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"649\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13619\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Troubleshooting Information<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/troubleshooting-information.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13620\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the Troubleshooting Information tab appears, click on the <strong>Open Folder<\/strong> button under the <strong>Application Basics<\/strong> section.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/open-firefox-profile-folder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"472\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13621\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>This will launch Windows Explorer and display your current Firefox profile directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Find Your Profile Folder without Opening Firefox<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key + <strong>R<\/strong> to open the Run command. Type the following and press Enter.<br \/>\n<code>%APPDATA%\\Mozilla\\Firefox<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/open-firefox-profile-via-run.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13622\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>After Windows Explorer opens to that directory, double-click on the <strong>profile.ini<\/strong> file to open it with Notepad or other text editor.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/firefox-profile-ini.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13623\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can view the relative or absolute path for all your Firefox profiles. But there is only one default profile. In my example, the default profile is located under the directory: <em>%APPDATA%\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\einxo22v.default<\/em>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/find-default-firefox-profile.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13624\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox stores all your settings (including home page, bookmarks and passwords) in a profile folder that keeps your personal information separate from the Firefox program. When Firefox keeps crashing or your PC can&#8217;t boot, your information won&#8217;t be lost (at least your Firefox saved passwords could be recovered). 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