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Can I move Firefox Profile folders from windows to mint?
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this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025
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If using the whole profile folder as is doesn’t work for you (it’s pretty reliably worked for me), then just make a new profile on Linux and close Firefox. Then copy in just the files you need. Here is a great resource to learn what’s in there:
https://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
Thanks I haven't tried yet. like you said I'm gonna copy folder to Linux and try if it doesn't work for some reason then gonna backup and copy as much settings and bookmarks as possible
If you already have a profile on the destination, you can try copying the contents of the folder over the contents of the destination folder.