Once you log back into your Firefox account, the browser will then resync and you’re good to start using and customizing. When Firefox reopens, it will have been reset. This will automatically restart the browser.
In the resulting window ( Figure A), you can either restart Firefox in safe mode which is a great way to find out if an add-on is causing the problem, or you can refresh.Ĭlick on the Refresh Firefox button and when prompted click Refresh Firefox again. From the popup menu, click Help | Troubleshooting information. To do this, click on the menu button in the upper right corner of the window. With that out of the way, let’s refresh Firefox Quantum. Doing this will ensure your bookmarks and other bits have been saved to the cloud so you can be sure they are accessible in case anything goes sideways. Before you do this, I highly recommend you connect your browser to a Firefox Account. This was by design, so a user won’t accidentally reset their browser back to defaults.
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How to refreshĪs you might expect, the refresh “button” isn’t in plain sight. Once you run the refresh you will have to re-install any add-ons and customize Firefox Quantum back to your liking but when the browser is having problems, and you can’t figure out what’s going on, this is a great route to success. I’ve tested the waters of refresh and it works quite well.