Waterfox stores your personal data, such as bookmarks, passwords, and extensions, in a profile folder on your computer, in a location separate from the Waterfox program. This article explains how to back up your profile, restore it, or move your profile to a new location or computer. Note The Refresh Waterfox feature creates an Old Waterfox Data folder on your desktop, which contains a backup of your old profile folder and its contents. If you recently refreshed Waterfox and still have this folder, you already have a complete profile backup. To restore or move selected information instead of the entire profile, see Recovering important data from an old profile . Just Bookmarks? For backing up, restoring, or moving your bookmarks (not other data), see Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer . Locate your profile folder Click the menu button , click Help and select Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will op...
If you want to back up your saved usernames and passwords or move them to a different application, the Waterfox password management feature allows you to export this data to a .csv (comma separated values) file. Caution Your passwords in the exported file will not be encrypted and will be in a readable form to anyone who can view this file. Do not upload online, email or share the exported file. Delete this file when finished. You can also import login data from another browser . Export usernames and passwords Click the menu button to open the menu panel. Click Logins and Passwords. The Waterfox about:logins page will open in a new tab. Click the logins menu icon (three dots), then click Export Logins…. A dialog box will appear to remind you that passwords are saved as readable text. Click the Export… button to continue. You may be prompted to enter your Primary Password , if enabled, when accessing stored passwords. You can choose t...