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Can I move Firefox Profile folders from windows to mint? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Hi guys, as title says is it possible to just copy and paste my entire profile folders from Firefox in Windows to Linux or they are not compatible and I have to reconfigure from start. What's the best move here?

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If using the whole profile folder as is doesn’t work for you (it’s pretty reliably worked for me), then just make a new profile on Linux and close Firefox. Then copy in just the files you need. Here is a great resource to learn what’s in there:

https://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks I haven't tried yet. like you said I'm gonna copy folder to Linux and try if it doesn't work for some reason then gonna backup and copy as much settings and bookmarks as possible

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

If you already have a profile on the destination, you can try copying the contents of the folder over the contents of the destination folder.