How To Update Firefox On Windows 10

At that place are a lot of ways to fix problems with your Firefox web browser, but reinstalling the browser is the best and easiest way out at that place to fix all bug at in one case and make faster than before.

Similar other third-party web browsers, although reinstalling Mozilla Firefox browser for Windows operating system is easy, users don't desire to delete their saved passwords, bookmarks, browsing history, cookies, and other data while reinstalling Firefox on Windows.

The skilful thing is that you can reinstall Firefox on Windows 10 and before Windows versions without losing data.

Equally yous probable know, in older versions of Firefox (v30 or earlier), there would be "Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations" choice while uninstalling the Firefox. The uninstaller no longer displays this choice only doesn't delete the profile data.

The affair is that the Firefox uninstaller doesn't delete data from your Firefox profile folder (which includes important data such every bit passwords, history, bookmarks, and cookies) and you need to manually delete the profile binder if you want to remove these data from your PC. When you re-install Firefox on the aforementioned Windows installation again, Firefox starts using the data from that profile folder. In short, y'all are not deleting Firefox profile data when yous uninstall information technology.

Complete the given directions to reinstall Firefox on Windows x and earlier versions without losing data.

IMPORTANT: We accept tested this method with Firefox v59 and works corking. Still, we cannot guarantee the same for later versions!

Just to exist safe, we recommend you create a backup of Firefox contour folder to a condom location and restore the same folder if you find that something is missing after reinstalling Firefox (very very unlikely though).

You tin find the profile folder by navigating to C:\Users\UserName\AppData\ Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox. Copy the Profiles binder to a safe location.

Reinstalling Firefox without losing data

Step i: In the Get-go menu search field, type Appwiz.cpl and so press Enter cardinal to open up Programs and Features window.

Step 2: Right-click on Mozilla Firefox entry and then click Uninstall option.

Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the Firefox from your PC. Every bit said earlier, uninstalling Firefox volition non delete the Firefox profile folder containing your crucial data such as passwords, bookmarks, and history.

Step 3: Download a fresh copy of Firefox from Mozilla website. Run the installer. If you want to download the full setup, refer to our download Firefox offline installer guide.

Footstep 4: When you get the following screen, uncheck Restore default settings and remove old add-ons for optimal performance option.