Statistics by W3school shows that Mozilla Firefox has only an average of 28.2% overall desktop users in 2013 while Google Chrome in the same year had an overall average of 52.6% desktop users. Comparing the browsers stats in 2010 Mozilla Firefox comes up with an upper hand with 46.4% of overall desktop users, while Google Chrome can only boast of 15.9%. Meaning that Firefox has lost 18.2 of it's users to Goolge Chrome and other browsers since 2010.

If you are the next Mozilla faithful who is planning to Jump ship due to the slow response of your browser, resetting Firefox might change everything.

The reset feature fixes many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information like bookmarks and open tabs. All of your Firefox settings and personal information are stored in a profile folder. The reset feature works by creating a new profile folder for you while saving your important data.

Resetting Firefox will remove your Extensions and themes, website-specific preferences, search engines, download history, DOM storage, security settings, download actions, plugin settings, toolbar customization, user styles and social features.

How To Reset Firefox To It's Default State

Resetting Firefox can be done through the Troubleshooting information page.

-Click the menu button and then click help.
-From the Help menu choose Troubleshooting Information.
-Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.
-To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.
-Firefox will close and be reset. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

What if Resetting doesn't solve my problem?

If resetting your browser didn't change a thing, you might consider Ultimate Firefox Repair the original source to this article.

Thanks and happy surfing!