Create and manage multiple profiles in Firefox

If you share a computer with others, Mozilla Firefox has an attractive feature that allows you to create multiple profiles.This is a simple guide that explains how it works.

You can save profiles according to the following path.

Go to Start Menu and type Run .

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Type firefox.exe -p to open the profile manager for Mozilla Firefox. Make sure Firefox is turned off before typing the command, otherwise it won't open Profile Manager.

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Users will see profiles in Firefox. Now, click the Create Profile button to open a new window. Click Next .

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Type the new profile name and click Finish .

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By default, Firefox will ask the user what kind of profile to use at every Firefox launch. Cancel this function by unchecking the option box Don't ask on Startup . Instead, the article will guide you to create a Firefox icon for each profile.

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Create the shortcut icon and right-click the icon, select Properties .

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In the Shortcut tab, paste the path 'C: Program Files (x86) Mozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe' -p Hammad and click OK .

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Now, whenever you want to access another profile, you just need to create a new Firefox icon. Extremely wonderful but simple.

In addition, Firefox stores profile information in the directory below, in case you want to delete profile or other data.

C: UsersAppDataRoamingMozillaFirefoxProfiles

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David Pac

Update 25 May 2019

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