Profile folder
Mozilla applications store a user's personal information in a unique profile. The first time you start any Mozilla application, it will automatically create a default profile; additional profiles can be created using the Profile Manager. The settings which form a profile are stored in files within a special folder on your computer — this is the profile folder. The installation directory also includes a "profile" folder but this folder contains program defaults, not your user profile data.
For information on the profile folder specific to certain applications, including how to find the profile folder, see the following articles:
For other applications, see the information below. Some of these folders may be hidden.
| Operating system | Profile folder location(s) |
|---|---|
| Windows 95/98/Me | C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\ C:\Windows\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\ |
| Windows NT 4.x | C:\Winnt\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\ |
| Windows 2000 and XP | C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\ |
| Windows Vista | C:\Users\<Windows login/user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\ |
| Unix | ~/.mozilla/ |
| Mac OS X | ~/Library/Mozilla/ ~/Library/Application Support/ |
For Windows users
On Windows systems, the default location of the profile folder containing your user data is under the "Application Data" folder in Windows XP and earlier or under the "AppData" folder in Windows Vista. In Windows 2000 and later, these folders are hidden, so you will need to take some extra steps to find the profile folder and data that are stored there. See the article Finding the profile folder on Windows for details.
