Comments on: Fix: Cannot Delete Firefox 3 Bookmarks

By: Miep

Miep — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:35:05 +0000

At some stage there was an extension that would (1) remove tab names, and (2) sort the tabs automatically. Do anyone remember which one this is?

By: Strange FireFox Bookmark Snafu

Strange FireFox Bookmark Snafu — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:33:52 +0000

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By: Kishore

Kishore — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:07:14 +0000

Thanks it helped a lot. I tried to remove all my book marks n deleted bookmarks.html and backup files in all the places. i wondered why they were coming up still then i deleted places.sqlite file as you said and all the bookmarks disappeared. thanks for your post.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:53:42 +0000

I had this problem. I believe it was caused by a bad pref setting which was set to automatically recreate the places query folders or automatically import bookmarks.html. I found such a pref I knew was set incorrectly, toggled it and my problem went away.

By: yiauta

yiauta — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:21:52 +0000

I have been having the same problem of deleted bookmarks coming back, and also not saving new bookmarks, after restarting firefox 3. The work around I have found is clicking on organize bookmarks and doing a backup before closing the browser. Upon restarting firefox 3 all the deleted bookmarks are still gone and the added bookmarks are still there.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:37:12 +0000

I encountered the same problem a couple of times. The way I tried to resolve it was a bit more complicated as I’m running the portable version & it has a few ‘dummy’ bookmark backup files to deal with. I’d manage to import the bookmarks but then on the next run, the old bookmarks were still there. It was really annoying. In the end I did a fresh install of portable Firefox & decided to use the FEBE extension to perform backups.
Today I encountered another small glitch, this time caused by an extension that created a folder ‘Bookmark Trash’. The problem is the extension had no options to empty this folder on a scheduled basis, in fact no options to empty it at all. All old ‘live’ bookmarks ended up there so pretty soon the folder was bursting with ‘trash’. After uninstalling the extension it left the folder in place so I had to go through it & delete over 500 bookmarks !