How to run two different Firefox profiles at once on Linux

Have you ever needed to run multiple Firefox profiles at once? On Linux this is actually quite easy to do.

List of Commands:

firefox --profilemanager
nano ~/.local/share/applications/firefox-NAME.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox NAME
Exec=firefox -P NAME -no-remote --class NAMEProfile
Icon=firefox
Type=Application
StartupNotify=True
StartupWMClass=NAMEProfile

[钱咏鹿]

thankyou sir, this does help me! :>

[visulizer]

Thank you it a little bit tricky but working

[HeyIFoundACamera]

This doesn't work on Ubuntu 22.04.1. You can launch two instances of Firefox simultaneously, but they both appear as instances of the same Firefox application in the launcher bar, the same as if you have two open windows in the same instance. If you're running two instances, it should show up in the launcher bar as two icons (even if they're the same image).

[susanmontalvo]

Too bad there is no instructions on how to save.

[ductoan]

thanks you. video is wonderful.
i do this once for one.
you could possible tell me how install some profiles at the same time

[mexodroid]

I use Firefox and Waterfox on Win10 for 2 online profiles. I couldn't get Waterfox to work on Linux Mint so I hope this will work.

[xuscbs]

Short and to the point. You would think this would be in the "Settings", but it's not. Many thanks!
What is nano though? :) Real Linux users don't use nano. :) just giving you a hard time. Try gvim or emacs. Lots of other sophisticated editors out there too for Linux.

[lalaland]

thank you a lot. finally I can move from chrome.

[jacintovski]

Not working on Fedora Linux, when I do it, it just prompts the "choose profile" window from Firefox like if it were just another iteration of Firefox. The new icon won't load the profile I want, I have to manually pick it every time I click on the new icon.