Your browser’s acting up.
Time to reset — but you don’t want to lose your bookmarks, history, or passwords.
Here’s how to reset safely, without wiping what matters.
✅ 1. Use the built-in reset feature (not uninstall)
Chrome:
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Settings → Reset and clean up → “Restore settings to original defaults”
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Doesn’t delete:
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Bookmarks
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History
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Saved passwords
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✅ Only resets settings, homepage, search engine, extensions.
✅ 2. Backup your bookmarks (optional)
Chrome:
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Menu (⋮) → Bookmarks → Bookmark manager
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Export bookmarks as
.htmlfile
Firefox:
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Library → Bookmarks → Show All Bookmarks → Import/Export
✅ Safety copy before major changes.
✅ 3. Reset Firefox using “Refresh Firefox”
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Help → Troubleshooting Info → “Refresh Firefox”
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Keeps:
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Bookmarks
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Cookies
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Form history
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✅ Removes themes, extensions, custom settings.
✅ 4. Use sync accounts to restore after reset
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Chrome: Sign in with your Google account
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Firefox: Sign in with Firefox Account
✅ Brings back bookmarks, passwords, history automatically.
✅ 5. After reset, reinstall only trusted extensions
✅ Don’t just click “Restore all” — rebuild with care.
Key points to remember
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Use reset options inside the browser, not uninstall
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Bookmarks and passwords are preserved
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Backup before just in case
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Sync accounts help restore settings
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Don’t re-add shady extensions