I got some random selection of Bookmarks suddenly lost from Firefox Bookmark Folders, some Folders entirely cleared… I’m I the only one?!

  • Floufym@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    I got something similar after a Firefox update. You can get them back by re-selecting the correct profile. I don’t remember exactly how but Internet should be able to help you there

  • Dymonika@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    Waterfox user here with no problems: All I can think of is that someone with access to your account (like maybe a family member while you were logged in) accidentally or purposely deleted them.

    Sorry that happened to you. Change your password and make a backup next time!

      • sgibson5150@slrpnk.net
        2·
        1 year ago

        Oh dear.

        Edit: Just checked and my work bookmarks appear to be all there. I did a fresh backup through the Library tool just in case. Hope you get your issue sorted.

          • Dymonika@beehaw.org
            1·
            1 year ago

            Intriguing. How many bookmarks are we talking about, if you can estimate? Did the list extend off the monitor?

              • Dymonika@beehaw.org
                1·
                1 year ago

                Wow, that is a lot of lost bookmarks. That sucks!

                What does this mean ?

                I meant if they were mostly in one folder, if the list is so long that when you open the folder, the bookmarks continue past the bottom of the screen so you’d have to scroll to reach the bottom. One of my folders is like that 😅👀

  • AToM.exe@lemmy.worldދިވެހި
    2·
    1 year ago

    Now you’re making me worried.

    I have a lot of important stuff bookmarked…

    Can anyone recommend a good bookmark manager?

  • mlemiputty@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    1 year ago

    I tried searching for anyone else with this issue a month and a half ago, because this happened to me. The bookmarks I lost were not all nested, and I’ve notice this happen in windows 11 (all exploit protection disabled), and debian 12(both OS different browser profile) I wondered if maybe using the ‘Exit’ in menu instead of X/middle click tab to close might be related, but I don’t know any code evidence in recent releases to corroborate this. This issue was first recognized for me about 2-3 firefox versions ago. 32gb ram i9 9th gen, I use privacy badger, privacy possum, adguard with most filters enabled, decentraleyes, and user agent switcher. I always run in private browsing. I don’t think this is related to a malicious website.

    I do not have any sync agents like firefox sync enabled. One instance has about 50~ bookmarks with 3 folders no subfolders, one instance has about 500 with many subfolders.

    I assume only recently added bookmarks have disappeared, but I have no way to verify and my memory wasn’t perfect.

      • mlemiputty@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 year ago

        AdGuard/uBlock aren’t very different from each other. I’ve used AdGuard for a long long time, and the browser plugin isn’t their only tool I’m familiar with.

        If I need better isolation between active sessions, I either end my current session or hop in a VM. Firefox containers are far from perfect and not sure why it was mentioned.

        Last time I did my tests, Strict + PP + PB altogether had my preferred outcome on modified/blocked data. Resist fingerprinting did not touch everything I wanted either.

        I use UAS to access sites made for other platforms, not to avoid tracking

        Decentraleyes: CDN’s are not that simple. I have heard there is a better addon for this now though

        I add/delete/modify multiple bookmarks a day, and noticed when i use menu-quit it hasn’t happened since. Many applications used to clean up differently this way, so I’m not sure. But I do know memory management on different platforms is becoming more and more of a nightmare to track/utilize changes