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From: occam <occam@nowhere.nix>
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Subject: Re: Obsolete files in Profile
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On 30/04/2025 21:33, s|b wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:10:35 +0200, occam wrote:
> 
>> Do you know if this logic also applies to prefs-*.js files in *Firefox*?
> 
> Yes.
>  
>> When I did a global search for Prefs-*.js , I found lots of them both in
>> the Thunderbird and Firefox profiles.
>>
>> Before I do a purge, I'd like to be sure. Some of these go as far back
>> as 2015, and have 100KB size.
> 
> Make a backup of your profile folder, delete the files, see what
> happens. If it breaks anything, restore the profile folder.
> 

Thank you both (knuttle, s|b ).  Worked out well. (There were 63 (!)
obsolete TB prefs-x.js, dating back to 2015 - 2020. The mind boggles.)