Supposedly that is the path to my Firefox profile directory. But when I click “Open Directory”, nothing happens.
When I access that file path, the directory (k45qdkms.default-release) does not exist.
The location of the profile will be listed after
Path=inprofiles.ini.If it’s a Snap app then look in
.snap/data/firefox/common/.mozillainstead.Migrating my laptop to Ubuntu and literally just ran into this with Thunderbird- the profile is in the Snap directory instead of the parent home folder like the docs say.
This may have to do with Snap’s security model. Snap gets a lot of hate but it’s important to remember that Snap apps have the advantage of being properly sandboxed to modern standards.
When I open
profiles.inithe only profile mentioned there is “default-esr”. That directory exists, and has a bunch of stuff in it, but I don’t see the profile in the profile manager.The profile I’m using is called “default-release” and that directory does not exist, but does have an entry in the profile manager.
The directory “default” exists in the directory structure and in the profile manager, but the directory is almost empty. It has only one thing in it; a file called
times.json.I created a new profile, and it doesn’t show up in the directory structure either. Curiouser and curiouser…
PS: It’s not a Snap, but it is a Flatpak.
So check Flatpak’s config directory for it. Flatpak works on the same principle as Snap so it’s probably hiding there. Also check
about:profilesin Firefox itself, that should say where it is.Found it in
about:profiles. The actual directory was in~/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/cache/mozilla/firefox. I think the one in my home directory was a leftover from the old apt install.Yep, I remember now that Flatpak stores its config in
.var
