How to reinstall Firefox without old bookmarks?

I was using Firefox on both Windows and Mac, and keeping the bookmarks synchronized using Xmarks. Then, as most people know, Xmarks stopped working. I continued using Windows as my main computer, so my bookmarks there are the most up-to-date, and I've backed them up in an HTML file.
Now I want to stop using Windows and switch to the Mac completely. To get the most up-to-date bookmarks, I uninstalled Firefox in the Mac and then reinstalled v15 so I could put in the up-to-date bookmarks. I've tried this a few times now, but every time I do, it pulls in all the old bookmarks. How can I prevent this, so I can get a naked Firefox and then add the latest bookmarks (the HTML file from Windows)?
I've tried resetting Firefox to its default, but it still keeps my old bookmarks and add-ons. I even found instructions somewhere to open Firefox in safe mode, but then I couldn't find the next command that I was supposed to use.

You can use a JSON backup from the Windows computer to restore (replace) all the bookmarks on the Mac computer.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
A reset doesn't work because in cases like this that automatically imports the bookmarks among other data from the previous default profile.

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Did this answer your question or do you still have a question about deleting Bookmarks --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/911712
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