Profile backup

Find your profile folder. To completely back up your profile folder, copy your profile folder to another location.

For a more limited backup (not adequate for the Mozilla Suite or Thunderbird if you are using either for email), copy the following files and place them in a safe location. Some of these files may not exist (that is OK).

• bookmarks.html — Bookmarks.
• prefs.js — Current user preferences
• user.js — User preferences (overrides prefs.js)
• cookies.txt — Cookies
• hostperm.1 — Cookies/images/xpinstall permissions list
• signons.txt — Saved passwords
• key3.db — Supplements password file. Needs to be copied along with signons.txt.

External Links

• MozBackup utility.
• Bookmark Backup extension for Firefox.
• More comprehensive list of profile files — May be a bit outdated.