Deleting/disabling sync in Firefox 29

Earlier today I set up Sync to transfer my passwords from my laptop to my desktop after reinstalling Windows. I only wanted to transfer these passwords and then delete my passwords from Sync.
So I synced the passwords and signed into my Firefox sync account and deleted my account, thinking this would remove my passwords from the cloud. Some of my synced passwords were out of date, so I updated them. A couple of hours later I get told that my saved Facebook password is wrong - I check the saved passwords list only to find that Firefox has synced my old passwords to my computer again and I see a little message at the bottom telling me that my account will be synced soon.
I do not want Firefox to sync any more data. I want my password data removed from Mozilla's servers. I created a new account using the email address I used on my previous account, but obviously that doesn't give me any option to remove my saved passwords.
Help would be appreciated. I don't want Firefox to keep syncing my old passwords so I have to reset them every time I want to use a website.
Thanks.

It seems like you want to disconnect from Sync; am I right? If so, just go to ''Options'', and then click ''Sync''. Click ''Disconnect''. Your Firefox will stop trying to sync.
Hope that helps you! Post back if you need more help.

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Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
I have tried following in userChrome.css
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That is an option but I would like to do something that will automatically lock out the feature for every profile that will ever be created on the computer such as editing the userChrome.css and placing it in the default/profile folder.

FireFox is refusing to properly sync and I have even deleted my sync account and started over, why is this happening?

Up to a few weeks ago FireFox sync was working as expected, but then version 17 rolled out and I had auto update turned on, so all my PCs updated. Quickly I noticed that Roboform Lite didn't work in the new version so I decided to go back to version 16.0.2 on all my PCs to continue using Roboform. I'm confident this must have had some affect on FIrefox Sync, specifically the add-ons, as the bookmarks and others continued to sync properly.
I've worked on it for 3 days now and after even deleting my sync account and starting from scratch I seem to still be having the same problem. It's weird though, it will begin to sync some of my add-ons, but then stop and refuse to do anymore. I only have about 10 add-ons altogether. Other times it will remove add-ons, which is even more aggravating.
I also reset FireFox on my main computer that I had initially setup sync.
Please help me resolve this.
Mike

I believe this is a bug in the new Firefox. I'm having the same problem, and so are others on this forum. My guess is just to wait till the next update for some one the bugs to be worked out. FFA was updated recently so it could be FFA's fault

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Only when i go to a different browser (like IE) after i clear it , then all that shows up is the pages i visited in IE , that is what bugs me , why is IE browsing history sowing up in Firefox ??
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When I go to sync on my desktop, it says I already have an account, and it gives me three sets of letters and tells me to go to my other device and hit "add device." When I click on Connect under sync, and it gives me another three sets of letters and says go to the other device and hit "add device." I'm just going around in circles. I tried deleting my sync account, which gives me that strange message about a dinosur escaping. I tried deleting the data, which it says it did, but the same thing keeps happening. Help!

It sounds like neither of your devices is currently logged into a Firefox sync account. If you have never set up Firefox Sync before, then on your desktop you should do this:
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== Today: Wednesday 28 July 2010

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My internet service provider (https://my.gci.net/) blocks my entry to eMailGuard (a GCI spam and virus isolator) when I have third-party cookies disabled
When I allow third-party cookies I am able to access eMailGuard. I have used GCI eMailGuard and Firefox together for years and have had no such difficulty in the past.
This problem commenced 2-3 weeks ago.
I have followed all directions at http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-say-cookies-are-blocked-unblock-them to clear all cookies and cache, with no change. Also, my default setting (see below) is to “Clear history when Firefox closes.” If I understand correctly, clearing history will also clear cookies and cache, so I do it every time I close Firefox.
Has Firefox changed third-party cookies parameters recently? GCI of course claims this is a browser issue. Should I be concerned about third-party cookies if I delete them after every Firefox session? Any comments or thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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• Accept cookies from sites (third-party cookies not selected)
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''Keep until: I close Firefox''
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* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/
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* [http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility]
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* [http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/ ESET Online Scanner]
[http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
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