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Firefox Crash History

Firefox stores a local history of submitted crash reports and telemetry alongside the profile in Crash Reports/submitted, Crash Reports/events, and Crash Reports/glean. These folders hold sent crash-report receipts, crash-reporter event logs, and Glean telemetry event files so Firefox can track what was already submitted and queue diagnostic data; Kudu removes older submitted crash history and telemetry files while leaving crash-reporter preferences, browsing data, accounts, and saved passwords untouched.

Why clean Firefox Crash History?

  • Old submitted crash-report receipts accumulate after repeated browser or extension crashes, so the Crash Reports folder keeps growing even though those reports were already sent and you only notice wasted AppData disk space
  • Telemetry event files in the events and glean folders can build up when Firefox runs for months or spends time offline, leading to unexpectedly large Mozilla folders in Roaming\AppData
  • A long history of stale submitted entries makes about:crashes harder to review because old report IDs crowd out recent failures you are actually trying to troubleshoot
  • Corrupted or partially written crash event files after an unclean shutdown can leave behind diagnostic leftovers that no longer help Firefox but remain on disk and may make crash-history folders look active long after the problem passed
  • Systems with frequent startup crashes or unstable add-ons can generate many report receipts in a short time, producing repeated small writes in AppData and a visibly bloated Crash Reports directory
  • Cleaning older telemetry logs trims local diagnostic history without affecting bookmarks, tabs, settings, or login data, which is useful when you want to reduce stored browser diagnostics before making a support image or profile backup
What gets cleaned

Cache paths Kudu targets

Windows

%AppData%/Mozilla/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted
%AppData%/Mozilla/Firefox/Crash Reports/events
%AppData%/Mozilla/Firefox/Crash Reports/glean
Frequently asked

Common questions about Firefox Crash History

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