Firefox is a snap package on Ubuntu and I had a similar thing happen where it would lose all my settings when it randomly updated.
You could try installing it as a PPA package: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04
I'll try the deb install instead of snap. I don't know if/when I'll find out if it makes a difference though.
I never had it disappear right enough.... However, I ended up installing chrome after Firefox losing all my stuff twice.
don't you sync your account so you will be able to retrieve your bookmark etc?
No, I never bothered as I like to keep my work/personal stuff separate (on different machines)
You can keep a copy of your FF profile and just load it on a fresh install anytime so you don’t need to reinstall extensions and reconfigure settings.
Cool, didn't know that! I usually use a distro hop as a fresh start to ignore my ever growing "to-read" folder 😂
Could an update have removed it? Although it seems strange that it would affect your home directory.
Do you sleepwalk?
Could an update have removed it?
That's what I'm wondering. What did I do that would cause it to go away? I was using Firefox last night just before I shut it down for the night, and the next time I booted it was gone.
Run unsnap, you find it on Github. Great tool, will solve these weird problems
Have you checked syslog and apts logs?
Also, simply uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox shouldn't lose all your settings. Silly question, but are you sure you're the same local user? Also, Firefox syncs this stuff so all sounds odd.
I only have one user account.
I don't have a firefox account, so it's not syncing. I don't really care that much about that, it's mostly troublesome because I need to re-approve all of my MFA logins.
Side note: do try out Firefox sync. It will only take a minute to setup, is pretty secure and most importantly saves your bookmarks, history, passwords, ... so you don't end up where you are today again. HTH
I get that it can be convenient, but I don't want another account. Everybody wants me to sign up for everything, and my browser is not something I have a desire to sign up for. I already have bitwarden for my passwords. Losing my bookmarks and history is annoying, but it's not something that should be happening anyway. I'm more concerned about my software uninstalling itself.
Well good thing is your Firefox profile should still be on the disk?
Check your drive for damage?
Do you have a list of the apps? Maybe we can identify they are all snaps/debs and move on from there.
Does anyone have access to your machine (local or remote)? This sounds every odd.
No, unless someone is sneaking into my apartment while I'm sleeping and can get past my password, I don't see how that would happen.
Is there a chance you're deleting these programs and forgetting?
Like a carbon monoxide thing?
I don't think you forget uninstalling your web browser.
No. You could totally forget it. The actual thing is: WHY would you uninstall your web browser (especially Firefox?)
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