Updated 2.1 Multiple Profiles (markdown)

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How to set up, maintain, rename, delete and run profiles. How to set up, maintain, rename, delete and run profiles.
- For Firefox Portable, please refer to [2.2 Multiple Profiles [Firefox Portable]](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/2.2-Multiple-Profiles-%5BFirefox-Portable%5D) - For Firefox Portable, please refer to [2.2 Multiple Profiles [Firefox Portable]](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/2.2-Multiple-Profiles-%5BFirefox-Portable%5D)
- For more on running concurrent profiles, see [2.3 Concurrent Profiles](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/2.3-Concurrent-Profiles) - For more on running concurrent profiles, see [2.3 Concurrent Profiles](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/2.3-Concurrent-Profiles)
### :small_orange_diamond: Firefox [Installed] Method 1 [Profile Manager] ### :small_orange_diamond: Firefox [Installed] Method 1 [Profile Manager]
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This will bring up the profile manager, where you can create, rename, delete and launch profiles. This will bring up the profile manager, where you can create, rename, delete and launch profiles.
![](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/profiles01.png) ![](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/profiles01.png)
In this example, the profile `ghacks test` was created in the default `\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles` directory. WARNING: If you choose your own folder location for the profile, select a new or empty folder. If you choose a folder that isn't empty and you later remove the profile and choose the "Delete Files" option, everything inside that folder will be deleted. In this example, the profile `test` was created in the default `\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles` directory. WARNING: If you choose your own folder location for the profile, select a new or empty folder. If you choose a folder that isn't empty and you later remove the profile and choose the "Delete Files" option, everything inside that folder will be deleted.
![](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/profiles02.png) ![](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/profiles02.png)
Here is a [Mozilla Support](https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles) page, and here is a [How To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/209320/how-to-set-up-and-use-multiple-profiles-user-accounts-in-firefox/) article with much of the same, but with lots of pictures. Here is a [Mozilla Support](https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles) page, and here is a [How To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/209320/how-to-set-up-and-use-multiple-profiles-user-accounts-in-firefox/) article with much of the same, but with lots of pictures.
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Path=Profiles/hcac5r43.default Path=Profiles/hcac5r43.default
[Profile1] [Profile1]
Name=ghacks test Name=test
IsRelative=1 IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/e6xjz6ty.ghacks test Path=Profiles/e6xjz6ty.test
Default=1 Default=1
[Profile2] [Profile2]
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* `-p -no-remote` will bring up the profile manager * `-p -no-remote` will bring up the profile manager
* `-no-remote -p "profile-name"` will load a profile directly * `-no-remote -p "profile-name"` will load a profile directly
You can read more about [Concurrent Profiles](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/2.3-Concurrent-Profiles) in the next section. You can read more about [Concurrent Profiles](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/2.3-Concurrent-Profiles) in the next section.