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Use the Profile Manager to create and remove Firefox profiles

Firefox saves your personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, and user preferences in a set of files called your profile, which is stored in a separate location from the Firefox program files. You can have multiple Firefox profiles, each containing a separate set of user information. The Profile Manager allows you to create, remove, rename, and switch profiles.

Starting the Profile Manager

Important: Before you can start the Profile Manager, Firefox must be completely closed.

1. If Firefox is open, close Firefox:Click the menu button and then click Exit.
2. Press Windows Key +R on the keyboard. A Run dialog will open.
3. In the Run dialog box, type in:
   firefox.exe -P
   
   • Note: You can use -P, -p or -ProfileManager (any of them should work).

4. Click OK. The Firefox Profile Manager (Choose User Profile) window should open.

   • Note: Another way to start the Profile Manager is from the Search box in the Windows Start menu. Close Firefox (if open), press Windows Key , type firefox.exe -P and press enter.

Creating a profile

After starting the Profile Manager (as explained above) you can create a new, additional profile as follows:

1. In the Profile Manager, click Create Profile... to start the Create Profile Wizard.
2. Click Next and enter the name of the profile. Use a profile name that is descriptive, such as your personal name. This name is not exposed on the Internet.

1. You can also choose where to store the profile on your computer. To choose its storage location, click Choose Folder....
   

   Warning: If you choose your own folder location for the profile, select a new or empty folder. If you choose a folder that isn't empty and you later remove the profile and choose the "Delete Files" option, everything inside that folder will be deleted.

2. To create the new profile, click Finish.

Note: If you want the Profile Manager to appear the next time you start Firefox, remove the checkmark from the box, "Use the selected profile without asking at startup". Otherwise, the selected profile will be used automatically.

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