thanks for erasing my laptop settings Firefox

whitman — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:47:29 GMT

The most recent Firefox update erased all my tab settings on my work laptop and replaced them with the tabs on my home PC. I did not request this to happen, nor authorize it, nor did I set up my devices to be linked - I prefer to keep them separate. Why don't you ask in an update whether people want to have this kind of serious reconfiguration take place rather than just force it upon the users? I have lost dozens of very important bookmarks and using "about:profiles" to try to find the old settings reveals nothing. I am VERY, VERY unhappy about this unauthorized change to my Firefox configuration which will now cost me several days work to try to recover important tab links and reconfigure my laptop Firefox screen.

Re: thanks for erasing my laptop settings Firefox

dftf — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:25:21 GMT

I assume that on your home PC you sign into Firefox with a Firefox Account, to use Firefox Sync, and you then signed into your work PC with that same account, hence why your home stuff got synced?

On your work PC, if you tap ALT to show the old menubar, then click "Profiles" are you not able to switch-back to the one where your old work data is?

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