Where Is The Profile Folder?

May 19, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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The profile folder is where all of your unique user settings and addons for Firefox are stored.

Here is where you can find your Firefox Profile Folder:

Windows XP

Example:    C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile folder>

Note:   The Application Data folder is a hidden folder; to show hidden folders, open Windows Explorer and choose “Tools → Folder Options → View (tab) → Show hidden files and folders”.

Windows Vista

Example:   C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile folder>

The AppData folder is folder is a hidden folder; to show hidden folders, open a Windows Explorer window and choose “Organize → Folder and Search Options → Folder Options → View (tab) → Show hidden files and folders”.

OS X

Example:    ~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/<profile folder>

Example:    ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile folder>

Note:   The tilde character (~) refers to the current user’s Home folder. so ~/Library is the /Macintosh HD/Users/<username>/Library folder.